Wiper blade refills NO MORE...you must purchase entire arm assembly...SUCKS!
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Wiper blade refills NO MORE...you must purchase entire arm assembly...SUCKS!
My local dealer, MB of Knoxville TN, told me today they can no longer order wiper blade refills. You have to purchase the entire arm assembly. Are they feeding me a line of bull or what? I put up a fight and made them make a few calls in front of me. In all fairness, they could have dialed the local Burger King, but they "confirmed" that for me. MB will no longer sell blades, I assume for all MB's but maybe just C240's. Who knows.
$80 later, I have new wiper blades and arms.
Can anyone else confirm this? Anyone know a place to get just the rubber blades??
Eric
www.installuniversity.com
2002 C240
$80 later, I have new wiper blades and arms.
Can anyone else confirm this? Anyone know a place to get just the rubber blades??
Eric
www.installuniversity.com
2002 C240
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From: Orlando, FL
2008 E350
Originally Posted by wizkid
My local dealer, MB of Knoxville TN, told me today they can no longer order wiper blade refills. You have to purchase the entire arm assembly. Are they feeding me a line of bull or what? I put up a fight and made them make a few calls in front of me. In all fairness, they could have dialed the local Burger King, but they "confirmed" that for me. MB will no longer sell blades, I assume for all MB's but maybe just C240's. Who knows.
$80 later, I have new wiper blades and arms.
Can anyone else confirm this? Anyone know a place to get just the rubber blades??
Eric
www.installuniversity.com
2002 C240
$80 later, I have new wiper blades and arms.
Can anyone else confirm this? Anyone know a place to get just the rubber blades??
Eric
www.installuniversity.com
2002 C240
168-820-08-45
203-820-04-45
MB used to replace them on Flex B but supposedly they aren't covered any more (or at least on MY2003). I complained loud enough and got them to do it as a goodwill gesture.
Hope this helps.
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Can't you buy generic re-fills from any autoparts store? I'm gonna do this next time as well. Like you, I got raped when I asked them to change my wipers for me. I thought they'd be doing the inserts only. Turned out they did the whole thing... for 60 bucks.
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I had one that was defective from the factory, the car was only 2 months old and they wouldn't replace it under warranty and if I wanted a new one it was $40 and I would have to order it. Took me about an hour but I finally got it back together but I don't look forward to spending $80 just for wiper blades. Are aftermarket blades available?
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Originally Posted by Buellwinkle
I had one that was defective from the factory, the car was only 2 months old and they wouldn't replace it under warranty and if I wanted a new one it was $40 and I would have to order it. Took me about an hour but I finally got it back together but I don't look forward to spending $80 just for wiper blades. Are aftermarket blades available?
If I had a 2 month old Benz and the dealer wouldn't replace the blades, MBUSA and or the local field rep would hate to get my phone call.
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Buellwinkle,
Do you have the new style blades? Trico has the Innovision wiper blades that look like the new style of MB blades, cost under $15 each. They are far superior to the stock MB blades. During this last 15 days of storms in La LA Land, I had the MB on the passenger side and the Trico in front of me. The Trico cleared off the water as they say MO BETTER.
I usually use Rain off to help, but did not have a chance to put on before the last round of storms. Will treat with Rain off now and put the other trico on soon.
Do you have the new style blades? Trico has the Innovision wiper blades that look like the new style of MB blades, cost under $15 each. They are far superior to the stock MB blades. During this last 15 days of storms in La LA Land, I had the MB on the passenger side and the Trico in front of me. The Trico cleared off the water as they say MO BETTER.
I usually use Rain off to help, but did not have a chance to put on before the last round of storms. Will treat with Rain off now and put the other trico on soon.
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tirerack had blades for our cars listed.
24'' for driver and 22'' for passenger.
But I did not order them,
cant we just use generic ones at walmart? heh
Dustin
24'' for driver and 22'' for passenger.
But I did not order them,
cant we just use generic ones at walmart? heh
Dustin
Last edited by firstkill; Jan 13, 2005 at 01:10 AM.
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I had the same experience
Hi there,
When I popped in my dealer to replace blades last December, I had to wait a long time. The guys there seemed to be very confused finding which parts they had to take from the warehouse. They were even trying to check if the parts fit right with my car.
After a long while, they come to me telling that they were no longer provided with refills and it would cost much more. I simply accepted although I was not fully convinced. Off goes more money every year.
When I popped in my dealer to replace blades last December, I had to wait a long time. The guys there seemed to be very confused finding which parts they had to take from the warehouse. They were even trying to check if the parts fit right with my car.
After a long while, they come to me telling that they were no longer provided with refills and it would cost much more. I simply accepted although I was not fully convinced. Off goes more money every year.
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Just had my Service B done 2 days ago (check my other unsatisfy post https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/94740-dealer-visit-might-make-ur-car-unsafe.html ) and they did replaced my blades (new 05 style) for free.
Last edited by DL_AMG; Jan 13, 2005 at 11:50 AM.
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What's double bad about having the streaks is that the rain sensor doesn't clear properly and the wipers keep going even in a fine drizzle. I like the non-automatic wipers of my 2002 better.
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I just went to the local Autozone spent $20 on some Bosch Wipers and put them on my self! Not much to it took about 5 minutes to do and I saved myself about $60. Wipers are Wipers!
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Originally Posted by tyro
What's "new" about the '05 style?
Will Bosch refills work as I am already getting streaks on my 6 month old C230SS blades.
Will Bosch refills work as I am already getting streaks on my 6 month old C230SS blades.
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Old thread. But for anyone reading this the OEM Aero wipers on the 2004.5+ cars are made by SWF (according to my sources) and you can purchase them from a site like rmeuropean.com for about $18 per side.
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old thread but for anyone searching or reading inserts still available with pn above. i just ordered inserts from rmeuropean and they fit perfect but are fun to get in took me about 5 minutes for each side.
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Not sure why anyone would buy OEM refills at this point when aftermarkets are cheaper and look the same. I got Trico NeoForms last week and put them on Saturday.
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