Does everyone’s windshield wiper suck?

[guppus]

Washer is ineffective. It needs three fixes.

1. Spray on upstroke AND downstroke.

2. Spray nozzles need to be directed down towards window.

3. More fluid needs to come out.

 

[CyberGus]

My wiper works fine, but:

• If cleaning, hold the spray for several wipes, as it doesn't spray much.
• I used RainX on the windshield, which makes the wiper quieter and more effective.
• The sprayer nozzles are pinholes and hard to see, but they might be clogged.
• The blade has a strong bend, which usually makes the center lift a bit until it breaks in.

 

[CyberGus]

1. Spray on upstroke AND downstroke.

Spraying on the downstroke would cause the fluid to accumulate at the bottom of the windshield, instead of being cleared to the side.

 

[OUTLAW]

put a bottle of water in center console and squeeze it out over windshield when streaked. Voila.

 

[tmeyer3]

Mine has worked well AFTER the replacement of the wiper motor. They swapped out the entire arm, wiper assembly including a differently designed wiper that has been working much better for me. Applies washing fluid evenly, no streaks. However, no, I don't expect that it'll work well as an ice scraper.

 

[65SoYoLO]

Spraying on the downstroke would cause the fluid to accumulate at the bottom of the windshield, instead of being cleared to the side.

just on the first spray so it is not dragging across the windshield when it is bone dry.

 

[CarMan ElecTruck]

06DEC2024 delivery for me… XX51xxx

it works okay but I would not say terrible. In SoCal and the magical phantom wipe on random occasion..

... I received my truck on Dec 23 2024 with a vin ending in 039xxx

 

[guppus]

Spraying on the downstroke would cause the fluid to accumulate at the bottom of the windshield, instead of being cleared to the side.

No it would not. Fluid only sprays on the “top” or “left” side of the blade I believe so it could never get pushed to the bottom to accumulate. Reason it doesn’t spray on the way down is because sometimes the blade stays at the bottom of the windshield. In my opinion, it should never stay at the bottom in wash mode. It should spray on the way down to coat the windshield and also spray on the way up as it clears it to the left.

 

[scottf200]

If anyone reading this has a perfectly fine and working windshield wiper, please comment. I have a theory that all of our windshield wipers are not working properly, but only the people living in areas where the weather requires a clean windshield often have noticed the issue.

I’m trying to figure out if it’s just my windshield wiper that sucks or if this is every Cybertruck. I’ve seen a couple comments from folks about the wiper and the jets that shoot wiper fluid. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it rains a lot as well as the roads are just damp and dirty. What I’ve noticed is that not only do the jets not properly spray fluid over the entire windshield, But the wiper itself doesn’t really contact the windshield near the top of the wiper. It’s acceptable for the driver even though still about 30 to 40% of the viewable area remains dirty. But the real problem is that the area that doesn’t get enough windshield wiper fluid and the wiper doesn’t fully contact the windshield smears dirt across the entire camera housing area. Making auto pilot and FSD unuseable even in perfectly acceptable weather conditions. I received my truck on Dec 23 2024 with a vin ending in 039xxx

Washer is ineffective. It needs three fixes.

1. Spray on upstroke AND downstroke.

2. Spray nozzles need to be directed down towards window.

3. More fluid needs to come out.

Slow-Mo example of a working one AFAIK.

Tesla Cyber Wiper in Action - Slow-MO
YouTube channel: i1Tesla (not - scottf200)

 

[guppus]

Slow-Mo example of a working one AFAIK.

Tesla Cyber Wiper in Action - Slow-MO
YouTube channel: i1Tesla

Mine, in comparison, mostly shoots the fluid up away from the window, not down like yours and the amount of fluid is nowhere near what yours is spraying.

I checked those nozzles quickly but I guess a better examination is needed. It is, after all, specifically mentioned in the manual to clear them with a “thin wire” (p212).

 

[Jackmaine]

I just refilled my windshield fluid because it was doing such a poor job cleaning the salt off I concluded it must have run out of fluid. Filling the fluid didn't help. So, yes my windshield wiper sucks.

 

[MeadowShade]

If the engineers lived where it rained more than twice a year, the wiper would be better. Spray some WD40 on a clean micro fiber and wipe down the wire blade pinching both sides that touch the glass.

Fine grit gets caught and that vases streaking. Mine is actually pretty good now. Defrost sucks but finally clears the glass.

 

[no%X#XMVk65v#cq]

My only complaint is that it swipes every time I engage FSD.

I hate wipers. I prefer a clean windshield and RainX/ hotwax on the glass in most instances. For those extreme instances where a spray and swipe is necessary, every vehicle I've ever owned from 1972 on up sucks at the task.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

Try the drop flop... While driving about 40, reach out and lift top of the wiper from the windshield about 6 inches or so and let it flop back into place. Then, try a cleaning wipe again. I just did that this morning and it worked great.

Should we have to do that? No.
Have I ever had a non-Tesla vehicle that benefitted from the same process? Yes.

There is no way that I could reach that far, and I wouldn’t try it even if I could because it sounds dangerous. How about if I do it standing still in my driveway?

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

If the engineers lived where it rained more than twice a year, the wiper would be better. Spray some WD40 on a clean micro fiber and wipe down the wire blade pinching both sides that touch the glass.

Fine grit gets caught and that vases streaking. Mine is actually pretty good now. Defrost sucks but finally clears the glass.

I am pretty confused by what you say. Mine seems to work fine in the rain. It rains very little in the Bay Area much of the year but we have dust every day. What the wiper cannot do is clean a dry but dirty windshield. So the designers and engineers should have been able to build a ‘really’ good wiper for a dry but dirty windshield. I suspect that they knew it wasn’t going to work very well and figured that they would fix it - and just haven’t yet.