Does everyone’s windshield wiper suck?

[P_Slaw]

I live in Dallas, TX and mine works pretty well. It does smear in few spots but my issue is when I am going over 75 mph (could be cross wind related) I notice on road trips it will basically catch air and fly in the middle of the blade (edges stay on window but middle 12-18” flies 1” above the windshield and leaves that unwiped) until it gets to about 45 degrees then it will fall back to windshield. Not sure how this made it past a QC process on design side because it seems like an aerodynamic issue. Also notice I get lots of cabin noise in cross winds.

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[Mwhusa]

After the replacement of my wiper motor assembly, the wiper barely shoots out water. I have to hold the washer button for a very long time to get enough water to clean the windshield. I hope they fix it.

 

[Casper]

Ohio here - works fine.
I use the defrost with blade heat 10 mins before Ieave.

 

[Willinak]

After the replacement of my wiper motor assembly, the wiper barely shoots out water. I have to hold the washer button for a very long time to get enough water to clean the windshield. I hope they fix it.

Kinked hose.

 

[Metr0nome]

wiper is fine. If you need to spray to clean the windshield…forget it. It’s terrible. Makes it worse. I wish I knew a solution.

 

[ChrisD8699]

My Wiper is the worst part of the cybertruck. It does not spray or clean. i have to carry a damn long squeegee around with me. Guess thats what the frunk is for.

It IS the worst part of the Cybertruck. It's a must fix in the winter snow driving states no way you can get away with no fluid wetting the windshield to clean it.!

 

[big.garcilla]

Wiper sucks, rain x didn’t help much. Worse in snow and slush. It gets enough to drive but doesn’t clean clearly.

 

[countryboy]

After the replacement of my wiper motor assembly, the wiper barely shoots out water. I have to hold the washer button for a very long time to get enough water to clean the windshield. I hope they fix it.

Ditto. Mine went from sorta-sucks to totally-sucks with the motor replacement. Some areas won't get wet no matter how long I hold squirt. Just spreads dirt around making it harder to see. Why!?!? Did they change something with the hose or pump? I didn't think so, but wondering now...

 

[MisterChilidog]

I do wish the fluid spray was stronger - I don't feel like it applies enough washer fluid to do a good job of cleaning dirt and mud off. As for the wiper, I think it does a perfectly good job. It certainly does better than my Escape or Impala did. Maybe not quite as good as my mustang, but the mustang never got the kind of mud and grime that my CT routinely gets splashed with. I'm satisfied.

 

[OldDirtyRobot]

I've never had an issue, but clearly others do.

 

[Bobo_LaDouche]

Works in the rain, since the windshield juice is unnecessary.
Does not work in dirty snow and slush conditions because the fluid is too weak.
FSD action is annoying, since the camera and driver points of view are different. SQUEAK SQUEAL SQUEAK.

 

[CyberEye2020]

My wiper works great in the rain, but with salt or dirt the washer really sucks. (there is so little fluid coming out when i need it). Plus the phantom wipe on occasion really makes the windshield worst so i need to keep wiper off and turn on manually when needed. What ever happen to the laser wiper on the prototype and lets not forget the digital rear view mirror on the prototype. HELP!!

 

[Mwhusa]

Kinked hose.

I checked and no kink in the hose ?

 

[CyberLucky]

I checked mine for a kink but doesn't appear to have one. I tried the wiper in the rain the other day and was very surprised to learn it works very well. But in snowy weather it's a disaster - drove from Edmonton to Jasper today and the window got so muddy I had no choice but to use the spray. FSD went nuts, told me to take control immediately, and I took over with a badly smeared windshield after holding the spray button down for a long time, to no avail.

I wonder if it's not enough pressure, or the holes are the bottleneck. It would be interesting to take the wiper off and test it manually with more pressure, and if that's not the issue, then drill out the holes a little.

 

[countryboy]

I wonder if ... the holes are the bottleneck. It would be interesting to take the wiper off and test it manually with more pressure, and if that's not the issue, then drill out the holes a little.

I had this same thought when re-clocking my wiper after the swap (idiot SC left it blocking my view) and noticed how tiny that little connector on top of the nut is. Wish I had my old one to compare, wondering if the hole got smaller? Anyone have the old version that can take a close-up pic? Maybe reaming that hole out slightly is the solution..

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