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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Markey1234 on 28 July 2012, 15:09
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Picked my car up yesterday, brand new, and today used the wipers for the 1st time. They worked perfect for a few strokes then they started to judder both upwards and downwards. I have checked the rubber, all fitted correctly. The fact both are doing it coud be pointing the problem towards the windscreen?
Could VW have put some kind of rain repellant on it and that's causing the rubber to stick??
Any advice on how I should best clean the screen to try and sort this if it is the problem?...
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You could try wiping the blades with a newspaper, and then give your windscreen a good clean.
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Theres a product called Vinegar try that on the windows works a treat :grin:
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I've got to agree, it might be that the windscreen needs a bloody good clean or Is it a smearing issue or more of a motor type judder?
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I've posted here on this subject before. I had the same problem from new on my GTD. Squeaking and juddering... Drove me absolutely nuts! I tried vinegar, I tried clay bars, I bought several expensive window cleaners/polishes, I tried RainX... I replaced the wiper blades twice! Nothing worked!
Then, for a completely unrelated issue, I had my windscreen replaced under warranty. My wipers have been blissfully silent ever since! I can only conclude that my original screen had some crap on it from the factory that just wouldn't budge. If the car is new, the wiper blades should be absolutely fine. I binned 2 perfectly good sets! Your problem, I am 99% sure, is the screen. You just need to find a way of cleaning it... Or more drastically, replace it.
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Gave it a right good clean earlier with some strong glass cleaner, also gave it a light polish and cleaned the blades. Seems to be much better but they are till juddering a bit. The glass definitely felt quite resistant when I started cleaning, I could feel it getting easier and smoother as I was going so I think there is some sort of film over it. Ive been told to try the old school vinegar then dry with newspaper technique. I'll do this tomorrow.
If it doesn't work the car will be going straight to the vw dealer and will be there until its sorted.
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Buy some Cerium Oxide (try eBay) and polish with a mf - will definitely sort it!
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Methyletad spirit normally does it.....
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In the morning I'll try vinegar, acetone and methylated spirit. If that still doesn't do the trick at least I'll have the cleanest windscreen in the land! :grin:
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Clean the blades and the screen.
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How annoying for you, I would take it to the dealer and ask them to resolve the issue as it must be part of the PDI (if you trust them).
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Agreed with above, they should work 100%!
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Picked up my new R yesterday and my wipers are doing exactly the same today. :sad: Will try cleaning the rubbers and the screen tomorrow...
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Picked up my new R yesterday and my wipers are doing exactly the same today. :sad: Will try cleaning the rubbers and the screen tomorrow...
Pics Trev?
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I've found my brand new 'Match' doing this today too, think I'll give the blades & windscreen a bloody good clean.
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Mine has done it from day 1
Cleaned and polished and clayed the glass and no different
sh!te design IMO.
Just as well i don't take my car out in the rain if I can help it!
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Surely there's an issue here, spec of wipers?
Mine are perfect.
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Can't say I suffer with this problem...
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Mine are fine as well, never had any problems.
I just replaced the first set, after two years, with a new set of Bosch ones and they are completely silent.
I would have thought that if the window is squeaky clean, the rubber gets more grip and the worse the judder would be.
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I gave mines a good clean with vinegar diluted water then buffed the screen with one scrunched up newspaper. Cleaned the blades with vinegar. Then I cleaned again with everyday glass cleaner.
So far they are smooth as can be! I let then go with the scooshers for a while and didn't judder once.
Looks as though VW are putting something on the screen thats causing the rubber to stick!
Ps, I hosed the car down tonight and noticed there was some form of soapy water mixture. Possibly a protection film thats been sprayed all over?
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Haven't had this with mine which is only 2 weeks old...
I gave mines a good clean with vinegar diluted water then buffed the screen with one scrunched up newspaper. Cleaned the blades with vinegar. Then I cleaned again with everyday glass cleaner.
So far they are smooth as can be! I let then go with the scooshers for a while and didn't judder once.
Looks as though VW are putting something on the screen thats causing the rubber to stick!
Ps, I hosed the car down tonight and noticed there was some form of soapy water mixture. Possibly a protection film thats been sprayed all over?
Or this for that matter! :undecided:
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Looks like no one read my original post.
All the vinegar on the planet will not fix this problem, so it's utterly pointless suggesting it! Unless someone has got some magic formula other than the dozens I tried, then a new screen is the only fix that actually works!! I tried everything suggested on here, pointless.
There is nothing wrong with the wipers or the blades. The screen - or whatever sh!te is on it from Wolfsburg is the issue. Sounds very drastic I know, but it's all that worked for me. The dealers fobbed me off with "washing solution" but until I got them to replace the screen for a different problem entirely, the squeaking just wouldn't go away.
Now the same wiper blades that drove me fcuking crazy squeaking are today perfectly silent, on a different new screen. I never have to wash the blades or wipe vinegar on the screen, they just work !
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Looks like no one read my original post.
All the vinegar on the planet will not fix this problem, so it's utterly pointless suggesting it! Unless someone has got some magic formula other than the dozens I tried, then a new screen is the only fix that actually works!! I tried everything suggested on here, pointless.
There is nothing wrong with the wipers or the blades. The screen - or whatever sh!te is on it from Wolfsburg is the issue. Sounds very drastic I know, but it's all that worked for me. The dealers fobbed me off with "washing solution" but until I got them to replace the screen for a different problem entirely, the squeaking just wouldn't go away.
Now the same wiper blades that drove me fcuking crazy squeaking are today perfectly silent, on a different new screen. I never have to wash the blades or wipe vinegar on the screen, they just work !
Cerium Oxide, I suggested it earlier but no one replied.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GLASS-POLISHING-SCRATCH-REMOVER-CERIUM-OXIDE-50ML-BTL-WITH-25MM-FELT-BOB-DRILLS-/251112923496?pt=UK_Antiques_AntiqueFurniture_SM&hash=item3a777f2168#ht_740wt_1344
Use sparingly and buff thoroughly with a microfibre; it will remove all the crap off the windscreen. Removed rain repellent totally off my windscreen that *nothing* else would touch - tried meths, vinegar, a range of windscreen cleaners and more.
Use with a DA to remove scratches and marks from glass. Successfully removed some "serious" hazing from someones windscreen.
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Steel wool will remove any crap left on the window and won't scratch. I do it yearly to all the family cars and the shine it creates way exceeds any cleaning solution.
I'd never previously have attempted this but had an old car resprayed (badly) years ago and had some fall out paint on the glass. When I complained he told me to try the steel wool but obviously could see the expression on my face I didn't trust him. So he disappeared for a bit then came back with the wool and started to steel wool his own top of the range BMW windows!! Not a mark and all the traffic film over the window had gone.
The only downside is the small amount of steel wool that falls from the clump you are using. It needs to be either hoovered up or hosed away.
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Steel wool will remove any crap left on the window and won't scratch. I do it yearly to all the family cars and the shine it creates way exceeds any cleaning solution.
I'd never previously have attempted this but had an old car resprayed (badly) years ago and had some fall out paint on the glass. When I complained he told me to try the steel wool but obviously could see the expression on my face I didn't trust him. So he disappeared for a bit then came back with the wool and started to steel wool his own top of the range BMW windows!! Not a mark and all the traffic film over the window had gone.
The only downside is the small amount of steel wool that falls from the clump you are using. It needs to be either hoovered up or hosed away.
Hmmm interesting. If my wipers start juddering again I'll give this a go! :-)