Fixing Noisy Windshield Wipers! 

Hi man, my town and Country has had this problem for years when my daughter was little. I had it checked by the dealer twice but not fixed. Now my daughter is 9 years old and she always teases this noise. I decided to fix myself! ! I guess it should be an angle problem but didn't know how. Your explanation is very possible, so I followed your instruction and fix the noise after one twist. I am a woman. I did it myself. Many thanks to your help!

Bang on. Annoying issue but can be fixed exactly the way you show it. Very useful tip.

After several years of hearing horrible wiper blade noises I finally figured out the issue with this video and fixed it by bending the metal wiper blade arm to make it flush and perpendicular to the windshield. Thank you :)

I tried with wrenches, but discovered this can easily be done by hand. But it absolutely worked!

EXCELLENT. YOU WIN THE # 1 YOU TUBE WIPER PROBLEM FIX. GOOD JOB

Thank you for your post, I followed your tip and absolutely no more noise whatsoever,

Nice tip to know. Thanks! I knew it looked like you were in my neck of the wood and then you said I90 east and I was like, yep. Def around here. So hey neighbor!

Funny I just saw another video where he said he figured out the cause of the noise and skipping also. Anyhow if you really take the time to really inspect the arms and blades i don't think anyone has to be an engineer to figure out the root cause. But I am sure glad you guys have put this issue that have frustrated motorist for decades on video for us to fix because that annoying sound of wipers skipping is truly annoying!! And now thanks to your videos I can finally fix mine and stop spending tens of dollars on new wipers!!

Buddy you nailed it !! After watching countless vids and techniques your approach is scientific(physical analysis). WD-40, cleaners and glass cleaners are only a temp fix. I tweaked my wipers about 2-3 mm and voila !...no more chatter. Thx for saving me $$$ !!

You demo with the piece of wood and paper was just excellent! Love this kind of explanations when you actually sees what's going on, instead of a lot of talking that probably just going to confuse people that mostly know how to fill up the gas. Just excellent! I guess a lot of cars here up north in Sweden has got their angles twisted because of frozen blades. I might add that before anyone do this they can start with just trying to change the blades or clean the window and blades first.

This was the only solution to wiper noise or irregular working, skipping etc. I did found out myself by logic..

Cool fix! The main cause of blade skipping, chattering is that wiper blades stop in a loaded position, having wiped the glass then stopped. In the loaded position heat and time change the angle of the blade especially in summer heat.. One of my cars has a lifted stopped position, reducing the load on the blade, preventing the chatter, extending the blade life. Solution, change the blades. Twisting the arm is a temporary fix, chatter will return after some time passes, and then new blades will not be properly aligned.

Thanks I have had 2 honda odysseys and the driver side wiper chatter on both of them this worked perfectly. One note dont be afraid to bend the arm mine took quite a bit of bending to straighten out

After a year, my wipers began making some noise again. I looked at them carefully and found the edges were straight and not pitted. I bought a new set and compared the height of the new blades to the old ones, and they looked identical. I finally just swapped in the new blades, and the noise went away. Bottom line: wipers do age, and I suspect the old ones had just become a bit too brittle with exposure over a year's time. It's a good idea to change out windshield wiper blades annually.

This make so much sense, thank you. So I found that when I blast the windscreen with the heater on full heat the noise begins to stop but after a while comes back as heater is turned off, so softening the blades with heat will work as this will allow the blade to flow rather than push against. Also this is a brand new car with brand new wipers could also be standard of blade.

Drives me insane also. I'll give your trick a shot. Thanks for sharing

I had the same problem as you and now thanks to your video I have solved it. Thank you!

I put the most expensive wipers on new, and this was the problem for years. Thx

Nice, many thanks, I've experienced the same with 3 different cars... The noise its pretty obvious, but no one even thinks about that wipers angle.

Very well explained, and Mercedes workshop was unable to fix it, but this worked!

My car does the same thing as yours shows here making noise on the up stroke and only on the driver side. I will try this and see if it fix my issue. Thank you for taking the times to make the demo and sharing this video.

Brilliant sorted my noisy wipers out a treat 👌👌👌

The rubber get baked and doesn’t flip between forward and back stroke. Take the rubber blade out and fit it the other way around. Initially it will “scrape” on the back stroke. After about 15 mins it will fine

Before putting your wrenches on the painted wiper arm do this: put some easily removable masking tape where you plan to wrench it. THEN put duct tape over THAT tape. When you're done adjusting, pull off ALL the tape (and hopefully no paint).

Perfect demo, made it clear to understand the issue

Woow....what a great video 👌. Very helpful!

It works perfect, thank you. I tried the WD40 method but it only worked for a few strokes. I should have see your video first, thank you.

Worked wonders for me, thanks!

Great tip! If we owned a Model X, I would be *very* tempted to try and bend the passenger side arm so the edge of the blade came in more, so that the driver's side arm clears the full path of the passenger side arm.

Painter's tape help save dings while you are making adjustments.

At 2:30, when your wipers are "parked", the blade is in that position for days until it rains again or unless you live in the Pacific North Wet. So they might take that shape as they get older and less pliable. The question I have is, why would a super stiff wiper arm need adjustment?

Awesome! Worked a treat 👍 Why is nobody else saying this? All other videos i saw suggested cleaning or buying new

This is driving me crazy! I’m going to try this to see what happens.

your video makes my day very good information

Thank you so much! I will do this tomorrow.

I can't wait to try this

Very smart I never thought of that

It can be blades that are not perpendicular to the screen. You are correct in your assumptions. But it can also be that the screen has so much drag on the glass that it also causes juddering. In this case polish your screen with car polish. And maybe smear coconut oil on the rubber blades. This makes the blade slide more easily over the glass

Awesome 😊, it helped a lot. Thanks for the video!!

Thanks for your explanation

My blades work fine up to 60mph (UK) then the bottom half of the drivers blade vibrates each swipe. I'm going to slide out the blade and reverse it to see if it cures the problem. I feel the issue is caused by the blades always sitting in the rested position at the bottom of the screen with the rubbers facing a little upwards, especially ones that have softened a little over time. My issue could be the high speed pushes the soft blade harder onto the screen and it has difficulty flipping over each stroke....

tq for the tip sir..i would try it

Car washes are big reason why the wipers arms get bent.

very nice idea

Thanks Buddy. It worked

My windshield lets scratches on my glass They Are new but Idk

My car dealer made me buy new sets of blades before I found out that blade wear was not the problem

I’ve been suffering this for a while and I’m close to losing all my mind

Thank you for sharing

mine does on both directions either up or down its driving me crazy, it works fine for like 5mins and then starts skipping

I put rain X on my windshield, now my windshield wipers chatter both sides when the rain is heavy or anytime I put them on! Anybody have any solutions.?

Would pliers work as well

Nice tip!

Great video. Elon needs to call you.

Thank u

Seattle!

Just wondering how and why do the arms get bent

Hello! After the repair, what is with the fog like, white stain after wiper blades touches the glass. I have the same, especially seen at night

the problem is it always stop in the wrong angle

Noisy wiper, turn the blade around, no noise

You know what else is “super annoying”? People who use the passing lane to go 50 in a 75 and cause a crap ton of traffic by doing so.

It is so complicated ok man thow them in dumpter get the other ones faster ok...

M gonna try

stand in the rain like an idiot or use the windscreen wash

Keep your wrenches for nuts mate.... 🙈

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Doing this will in no way solve the CAUSE of the issue. Your wiper arms did not get bent out of proper alignment. The BLADES take on a "set" that causes the issue. You aren't addressing the cause in any way whatever by bending the arms. Issue will resurface... you bend again... it resurfaces... you bend again..... eventually you could have your arms bent into a corkscrew and the issue will resurface because the issue is not with the arms.

Too much talking. Get to the point