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

GGM

I had the wiper inserts replaced on my 2003 C240 back in October. The part numbers on the invoice are
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.
GGM

David N.

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.

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?

MBZFAN55

I went on a tour of the Mercedes Vehicle Preparation Center in Perryville MD a year ago. The entire inventory for the Northeast US comes through the Port of Baltimore and gets prepared for delivery to MB dealers at this facility. Now to the point. The number one complaint on the JD Powers survey a few years ago was "streaking wiper blades". In order to alleviate this problem, Mercedes wraps the blades and secures them in the trunk of each car. The blades are now installed at the dealership and complaints (allegedly) have declined 90%.

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.

breastroker

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.

firstkill

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

FrankW

just go to any auto mart and buy the Bosch wipers...

there's nothing special about the pre 05 wipers...Bosch made'em.

kusumoto

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.

DL_AMG

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.

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.

Buellwinkle

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.

Jkw

I complained that my blades were squeaking when I took my '04.5 C230 in for service A, and my dealer "Ray Catena" replaced them without question.
Jkw

Buellwinkle

Sure, but how do I get my car to Jersey. If I fly in with my old ones will he replace them?

AlpineBenz

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!

amdeutsch

Sunman's mod

zcct04

For 06 C55, web search is turning up Valeo 900-22-6B as OEM replacement. Prices are in the $15-30 range per wiper.

LILBENZ230

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.

samaritrey

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.

WaveyKat

which inserts did you order? the Aero Blades 2005+ or the Regular 2001-2004 Wipers?

samaritrey

there are no inserts for the aero ones you have to buy the whole thing. i was going to upgrade to them a year ago or so but decided that the old style are way cheaper to maintain.

tommy

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.

johnand

SWF is made by Valeo. Order the SWF from RM European, and you will receive the Valeo blades. http://www.valeowipersusa.com/index.asp?pgid=20