Mr Jones

When I use the windscreen washer function I press and hold the button, the windscreen wipers start and THEN the water comes out, which means there is one waterless scrape before cleaning. I'm not sure but I thought when I first got the car that the water started BEFORE the wipers. Can you try yours and let me know what happens please?

papashango

Same thing happens for me. The wipers are just a tad bit faster than the water I think. I'll check again next time I am in the car.

AMG893

Yeah, its always been like that for me too.
I noticed it, and it IS annoying

jcfay

I'm totally guessing on this one, but I imagine the safety engineers thought that if the wiper was only activated after the spray then you could be theoretically temporarily blinded while driving with the windshield covered in washer fluid. It is annoying, though, and ain't nice on the wipers. Just a guess.

QWKSNKE

Yep. I have never seen any car that didn't wipe first