MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: dp2 on July 24, 2011, 11:25:44 am

Title: Rear wiper blade
Post by: dp2 on July 24, 2011, 11:25:44 am

My rear wiper blade always makes a horrible sound when I use it. Does this mean it needs to be changed? If so which part do I need to order?

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: roamer1711 on July 24, 2011, 06:07:42 pm

Mine has from new on the first pass as the blade skips on the dry ish glass. after one sweep its ok

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: LouCyffer on July 24, 2011, 09:21:15 pm

Quote from: dp2 on July 24, 2011, 11:25:44 am

My rear wiper blade always makes a horrible sound when I use it. Does this mean it needs to be changed? If so which part do I need to order?

Try cleaning the blade with a little Autoglym Car Glass Polish. You can also use Rain-X on the rear screen. That should sort it, assuming the blade isnt shot.

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: stealthwolf on July 24, 2011, 09:31:50 pm

If the blade is skipping along the glass, either there's no lubrication (eg rain, screenwash) or the blade has deteriorated.

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: hugh jass on July 24, 2011, 10:07:04 pm

Fairy washing liquid to clean the glass and a warm damp rag to get all the crap off the blade

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: Gene Hunt on July 25, 2011, 12:04:59 pm

About a fiver from dealers.

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: rich83 on July 25, 2011, 12:09:24 pm

Quote from: Gene Hunt on July 25, 2011, 12:04:59 pm

About a fiver from dealers.

x2 ... more like £6.XX IIRC. Mine has been silent since i swapped it for a new one!

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on July 25, 2011, 02:04:17 pm

Mine makes the same horrible noise, even when there is some rain on the window. Need to pick up a new blade from the stealers I guess.

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: edd666999 on July 25, 2011, 05:16:28 pm

Needs a new blade

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: dp2 on July 25, 2011, 05:42:19 pm

Thanks guys, I live quite far from the dealers. Can I get one online anywhere?

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: SRC on July 25, 2011, 06:04:24 pm

Try these guys.  I've always found them very quick.  For more esoteric parts, it's worth phoning them - the website can list headlamps, for example, which will fit but won't be the GTi ones.  Free p&p IIRC.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/wiper-blades

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: hugh jass on July 26, 2011, 05:07:05 pm

speeding.co.uk (http://speeding.co.uk)

Title: Re: Rear wiper blade
Post by: dp2 on August 01, 2011, 05:33:24 pm

New wiper blade has solved the problem, thanks guys. :happy2: