The Floppy Wiper Blade

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Has anyone else who has the new style wiper blade experienced the wiper section of the blade (rather than the aerofoil part) folding back near where the arm mounts, this results in the lower screen half part of the blade being in the correct possition for the end of a wipe when parked, but the upper section being in the up wipe possition. The result is a smear line right along the wipe of the screen, I find this a real pain as the line is directly in my eyeline. A dry wipe will sometimes cause the blade to flop back in to line, but this of course increases the chance of scratching the glass at this gritty time of year.

Andrew - 2003 1.4 TDI Silver Climate
 
Hi,

I have the floppy wiper. And I don't have that problem.
When the wiper is cold it doesn't wipe well and sometimes with strong wind it sorta floats over the water instead of wiping it.
But it doesn't bend or anything, maybe it needs to be replaced.

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quote:Originally posted by abre

Has anyone else who has the new style wiper blade experienced the wiper section of the blade (rather than the aerofoil part) folding back near where the arm mounts, this results in the lower screen half part of the blade being in the correct possition for the end of a wipe when parked, but the upper section being in the up wipe possition. The result is a smear line right along the wipe of the screen, I find this a real pain as the line is directly in my eyeline. A dry wipe will sometimes cause the blade to flop back in to line, but this of course increases the chance of scratching the glass at this gritty time of year.

Andrew - 2003 1.4 TDI Silver Climate
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yes
 
The only reason for adopting the floppy wiper as far as I am concerned is that it is SIGNIFICANTLY quieter in 'the cruise' that the original design, which being of the school of design that brought us the Eiffel Tower and the Forth Rail Bridge was incredibly LOUD in the wind rush department. I think it was a 'govvy' job by a BMW designer as I have found their make to sufer a lot of wind noise at speed - and not just from flatulent passengers.

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