Comments on: Troubleshooting Your Windshield Wipers: How to Fix 5 Common Problems

By: bob

bob — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:28:41 +0000

People think that cheap windsheild wiper blades are ok for there car . Now we know that cheap wiper blades and other product are not good for your windsheild

By: Will

Will — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:27:15 +0000

When you’re at the gas station cleaning the windows, flip the wiper blades over and clean the rubber with the foam/cloth part of the winshield cleaner- usually works great to get the wipers going well again.

Also if you live anywhere with regular snowfall where they put Mag-Chloride of salts on the road a haze will build up on the winshield and lights that’s a real PIA to deal with. There are fancy tablets and additives that cost as much as the wiper fluid- instead add 1/2 a pint of the cheapest rubbing alcohol (isopropanol) you can find. Does great at cutting through the scum, and also keeps the junk cleaned out of the jets.

Will have to try the sandpaper trick to refurb the edges of my older wipers.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:24:17 +0000

I find that using an old guitar A string is good at clearing a clogged sprayer.
Just unclasp the hose from under the hood and feed the string through.

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:54:14 +0000

My blade set upwards instead of resting down

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:33:44 +0000

MY husbands car, the windows dont work, the windshield wipers dont work and neither does the heat. We have check all fuses and relays and still nothing. a few people have checks the motors for them and they are fine, any ideas?

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:47:29 +0000

My wipers work great except for when I try to use the wiper fluid. I make sure my wiper-fluid resevoir is not empty, but my passenger wiper jet does not spray the wiper fluid when I press the button, and the left wiper jet has recently started to not spray a decent stream. Is it due to a faulty pump, or bad jets? The wiper-fluid reseviour is on the driver side, and I have a feeling it is the pump, for it takes greater pressure to push the fluid all the way through the lines to make it to the passenger side, so it makes sence that that particular wiper-jet ceased to work first. Any idea how to fix it? It is a 2003 pontiac grand am. Thank you.

By: megan

megan — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:30:02 +0000

I have a 2000 ford taurus. my windshield wipers dont work in te morning when I get ready to go to school, but when I come home in the afternoon work perfectly fine. Does anyone know what could cause this?

By: david

david — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:40:37 +0000

Adam,

I did a search of Honda tech bulletins for you, no information there. I have found, on some imports,( Honda ,Kia, and Hyundai )
that some windshields have a very slight indentation near center of the windshield that wipers just cant touch. Unfortunately, the only remedy is to replace the windshield.
Check with your insurance provider, you may be able to get it replaced for free with no deductable or penalties(we have that in South Carolina)

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:46:17 +0000

Any ideas about this? My wipers do not come in contact with a ~6″ diameter spot smack in the middle of the windshield. They wipe all around it, but not that particular spot. This is on a 2004 Accord and I’m using fairly decent ($20 each) wipers. Have tried several brands.

By: John Borges

John Borges — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:11:45 +0000

For cleaning windshields, the best thing to use is a mild scouring powder like Bon Ami. It works like the body clay mentioned in the previous comment but it sound easier to work with.
Try this before you replace your blades and save some money.