Windscreen Wipers Skipping / Shuddering / Squeaking

[Corey_R]

No problems weewilly.
Some of these things can seem bizare at first, but many make a lot of sense once you have your head around them.

Volkswagen usually have a fairly well thought out approach to their changes though. I remember when the BMW 1 series hatchback first came out, people would put them in the service mode, lift them up, then they'd lift up the bonnet without remembering to put the wipers down. Several people reported that as well as damage to the back edge of their bonnet, the wipe blade would come down and puncture and/or crack the windscreen!

[weewilly]

does the left hand wiper on your R travel all the way down on the left side, (below the hood) or does it stop at the hood and come back over to the right?

[AdamD]

does the left hand wiper on your R travel all the way down on the left side, (below the hood) or does it stop at the hood and come back over to the right?

The Golf has a clever feature whereby the wipers will come to rest in a slightly different position (relative to the bonnet line) each time they stop. This is to ensure that they wear consistently.

[sorzai]

I had the same problem too!

How did i fix it?

Easy....the cause of wiper blades to shudder is because of wax contamination on the windscreen...this causes the glass to have some smooth area and some not so smooth areas so therefore it causes it to shudder....

Try to fix it by buying some Wax remover which can be bought at super cheap auto and then wiper it on the glass and also on the wiper blades....this stuff is pretty harsh so make sure you don't spill it on anything else it is mainly used to prep the car for a paint job.

See if this fixes your problems.

[carcareproducts]

These also could be useful if you are having problems with your wipers. Use them regularly myself and work quite well actually!

Wiper Treatment Wipes

[prise]

I've added links to photo's of the tape packing wiper shudder fix described in my previous post.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14542234/Mk6%20Golf%20-%20tape%20to%20fix%20wiper%20shudder%20-%201of2.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14542234/Mk6%20Golf%20-%20tape%20to%20fix%20wiper%20shudder%20-%202of2.JPG

[MkVIGTI]

Hey guys, after a recent trip to a carwash place, my passenger's side wiper has started to shudder! Only the outer edge of the wiper shudders and I tried wiping the windscreen and the actual wiper with a cloth but to no avail. I then loosened the wiper by pressing the rectangular button and pulled the rubber outward a bit and clicked the wiper back in. To my surprise that actually did the job! It no longer shudders now and I believe the people at the carwash must have pushed the rubber in a bit while they were cleaning the windscreen.

[Corey_R]

If you suffer from a shuddering drivers side wiper you might want to try the following as it worked for me. The following procedure will remove the freeplay between the wiper arm and blade assembly that was causing the 'shudder' but still allow the blade to pivot so that it can adjust to the contour of the windscreen.

1) Put the wipers into the service position (read the owners handbook if you don't know how to do this)
2) Fold the arm forwards and away from the windscreen and remove the wiper blade assembly after pushing the rectangular button that prevents it sliding out of the channel at the end of the metal arm.
3) The end of the wiper arm has a metal channel that the wiper arm slides into. Cut some black electrical tape into narrow strips and stick one layer of tape to the inside of the channel so that it runs along each of the two sides. Slide the blade blade assembly back into the channel on the end of the arm until it clicks . The tape should look like this when it's in place:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14542234/Mk6%20Golf%20-%20tape%20to%20fix%20wiper%20shudder%20-%201of2.JPG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14542234/Mk6%20Golf%20-%20tape%20to%20fix%20wiper%20shudder%20-%202of2.JPG

4) Check to see if there is any side to side free-play. If there is, repeat 3) until the free-play goes away. If you add too much tape the blade assembly will not be able to pivot and adjust to the contour of the windscreen as the arm sweeps and you may get areas on the screen that don't wipe properly.

I just want to say that I've tried this on my car and it has worked well. I've done the 303 on my wipers and it helps for a while, but with the heavy rain we've been having it eventually starts shuddering again. I think that the tolerances on the batch of wiper blade clips that have shipped in cars recently isn't as good as they've previously been!

Thanks for the advice

[SuperHans]

Windscreen Wiper Squeak

Hey Guys, my windscreen wipers are squeaking at the end of each stroke in either direction. (but fine during the wipe)

How can I eliminate the squeak - its driving me mad!
They were dead quiet for a week of having the car brand new, but not anymore


I've cleaned the glass with that Invisible Glass rain repellent, but it didn't seem to help and glass looks spotless to me.

[SilvrFoxX]

Hey Guys, my windscreen wipers are squeaking at the end of each stroke in either direction. (but fine during the wipe)

How can I eliminate the squeak - its driving me mad!
They were dead quiet for a week of having the car brand new, but not anymore


I've cleaned the glass with that Invisible Glass rain repellent, but it didn't seem to help and glass looks spotless to me.

This has come up before and this will be moved to the same place, my recollection is they need to be adjusted so take it back to the service folk. I will search around and find the thread

Here you go.. it is related to the shudder

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112/windscreen-wipers-skipping-shuddering-53927-3.html#post608823

[gecko2k]

If it is the rubber itself you could try silicon spray on it!

[kevvie]

This has come up before and this will be moved to the same place, my recollection is they need to be adjusted so take it back to the service folk. I will search around and find the thread

Here you go.. it is related to the shudder

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f112...tml#post608823

So it's not just me...two weeks old and I was wondering what was going on...

[TG.20T]

Hi all,
Hope this helps some people having windscreen / wiper issues.
This was one of my new car defects that was supposedly fixed when the car went in the other week.
Other defects that were fixed were: Chipped wheel; Dented sill plate; scratched interior trims.

The windscreen was supposedly polished and new blades fitted, but it's still the same.

The issue is that the wipers squeak / rub, and there's a mark in the screen as if the wipers have been parked there for some time. It was like this when I picked up the car on day 1. I didn't even have marks like this in my 3yr old MKV GTI - it looks like a 10+year old windscreen!

Haven't agreed on a solution yet with the dealer - still waiting to hear back from them...
Will post up the outcome once it's sorted - it should be a new screen I reckon.

[MiiLos]

that would drive me nuts, did you notice that at the dealership? i wouldn't have signed the delivery sheet thing if they didn't agree to a fix right there.

[brad]

Drive me nuts too.

have you tried cleaning the windscreen with BonAmi / Ajax or Gumption? Work it in wet & let it dry then rub off with a dry rag.

Or some toothpaste (cheap crap usually works best). Same as above. Work it in wet, allow to dry, remove with a dry rag.

raiX wouldn't hurt either but i'd be loathe to use additives/bandaids while they are trying to fix the problem.