Best Windshield Wipers - Need Opinions

[My 2ND Ford]

Now that’s very interesting. Wouldn’t have ever thought RainX could be worsening the condition .

I used to use RainX years ago and while it allowed the water to bead up and blow off, I found that my wipers would streak and chatter, so maybe that's your problem. I stopped using it years ago.

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[Goldeneye36]

My OEM wipers seem to be still doing ok about 10 months into owning the truck. For replacements I've always used rain-x brand wipers and they seem to do fine.

 

[Risky Bizness]

I thought FORD covered 1 set of wipers up to a year.

 

[Kodiak]

I’ll look. Is there adjustability?

Not really. You just have to look at the arm and see if it has a slight twist to it. Then instead of the blade being at a 90 degree angle to the windshield, it has a slight "twist" to the blade and maybe something like a 75 to 105 degree angles. You can then just try to twist that whole arm back to normal so the blade again sits at 90 degrees. Good luck.

 

[DNazzy’s2025]

I thought FORD covered 1 set of wipers up to a year.

Well, I’ll be going in for oil change soon. I’ll wait and ask them first before buying new ones. Thanks for the heads up

 

[Davidwnuc]

Make sure you clean the wiper blades as often or more so than your windshield. I also use rainx but only replace wipers every couple years on our 3 vehicles. Just a routine deal for me though. I use the rainx brand wipers from costco.

 

[Paul Neubauer]

I would guess people getting more than 6 to 9 months out of wipers don’t live in the south. The sun destroys them in no time in Houston. I feel like I am always buying new wipers because they just smear the heavy rain we get.

 

[XLT22]

I drive 50K miles a year or more and have always had great service from OE Ford wipers. The rainx is part of your problem with the skipping.

 

[XLT22]

I would guess people getting more than 6 to 9 months out of wipers don’t live in the south. The sun destroys them in no time in Houston. I feel like I am always buying new wipers because they just smear the heavy rain we get.

Somewhat counterintuitively regular use will make them last longer. Climates with a pronounced dry season or winters below 0 eat them up. Your issue is most likely related to industrial pollution and overall terrible air quality in the petrochemical belt.

 

[Risky Bizness]

Well, I’ll be going in for oil change soon. I’ll wait and ask them first before buying new ones. Thanks for the heads up

When I was a service writer we replaced wipers if the customer said they "streaked", for sure.

My parts guy said that FORD may ask for them back because they were a "warranty part".

Have you wiped the rubber blades down with rubbing alcohol. That will clean any build-up off of them.

 

[MotoGary]

Rain-X spray Seems like it should be a good idea, but it just isn't. One and done for me.

 

[Risky Bizness]

I use Griot's glass polish, and it doesn't seem to bother my wipers. And it lasts.

 

[Icecoldak]

When I bought my Power stop brake kits, I saw they had power stop wipers as well for a decent price (Amazon) they have been the best wipers I have ever had, they will be the only ones I get from now on!

 

[sbi]

I am curious, when people here mention "Rain-X is the problem" - which product of Rain-X are you referring to, is it the application to the windshield? I use Rain-X silicone blades and also Rain-X windshield fluid and don't see any issue.

 

[JohnTrigger]

In my case it was the stuff you rubbed on the window.

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