Why does my windshield wipers leave streaks

Why does my windshield wipers leave streaks

Good windshield wipers are a key component to your driving safety. When you're caught in the rain and your windshield wipers suddenly give up on you.So you have to learn some knowledage about windshield wipers.We will introduce you some common problems you'll meet.

There are various indications for worn-out wipers; streaks, smears, unwiped areas on the windshield; chattering, skipping wiper blades; nicked, cracked or separated rubber elements; noisy wiping action due to worn-out wiper blade joints;


1.Why does my windshield wipers leave streaks?

The glass window or wiper rubber is dirty with granule, please clean the glass window and rubber with wet soft towel.


2. Why are my windshield wipers so noisy ? Wiper noise, shrill noise

When the wiper sweeps occur irregularly, mostly due to the wear strips, arm and bracket damage caused by deformation aging strip. Of course, the wipers wiping very clean, at first time with shrill noise, after several times will be ok. Without water to working, the wiper also with shrill noise, so please spray water to wipe.


3.Pouty,there is big gap between wiper and windshield.


Windshield wipers are in accordance with the curvature of mostly car design, not for car-specific models to design, so when very few models excessive curvature of the glass, it will appear slightly at the end of the wiper (even though the original wiper ), but this does not affect the use, or to reduce a size on it. Just like, the original is 19”, we use 18”.


4.The middle can not match the glass closely, unclean under the middle wiper.

The wiper motor works after several years, it have not enough pressure to wipe the wipers. Some pressure depends on its car, just like CHERY QQ, BYD F3, these cars are with small pressure, so we shall use the hybrid wiper, which with small pressure. Of course, we can reduce a size.


5. Why my wipers are vibration or shaking?

The glass window is dirty, and wiper works under the abnormal;

The rubber with dirt, please use the wet soft paper to clean the rubber before it works.

The rubber was broken or wiper doesn’t fit with wiper arm closely for they installed not so well.

The wiper arm with small pressure, makes the wiper is not so match with glass closely, meanwhile, the wind influence the wiping when driving.


6.The drops of water on windshield


After wiping, some drops of water on the glass, that is for car wax, please clean the glass window.


7.The glass window is foggy after wiping, drops water, streak, or part of foggy.


This is for oil film, dirt, or car wax. You don’t need to change the wiper, please clean the glass window & wipers.


8.The middle part with streak

The problems is wiper arm with heavy pressure, e.g. European brand car, BMW, Benz, Audi, etc. This time, please add one size, just like the original wiper is 19”, uses 20”. There is another way to handle, bend the wiper arm to be more flat or level by vise.


9.Why wipers wiping up is clean, wiping down isn’t?

When the wiper wiping up, the window is clean, but wiping down, there is water marks, please try to replace the rubber refill in the another direction. After replacing, if it is same problem, please check the wiper arm. Please put a paper on window, and then put wiper arm on paper, then you can see the wiper arm is parallel and stick with window fully or not, if there is space, then the problem is wiper arm deformed. Please bend the wiper arm to be stick fully on window. Then intall the wiper, it will be ok.


10.How often do you change your windshield wipers?

If your wiper blade couldn't work well, please replace wiper blade soon.Usually, it should be replaced every 6 months.No matter how often you use wiper blades or not, wiper blade rubber refill will be aging and cracking under the sunshine.Just like your vehicle tires.There is another tip for you, no matter rainny or not, please wipe your wiper blade before driving at each day.Then your wiper blade can be used longer time, save money.


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  6. All weather performance

Top windshield wipers ensure you cleaning windshield, then safe driving.So it is key important when driving through a downpour.

So let's suggest you some top wiper blades.


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