Awful Wiper Noise
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2024 E350 4MATIC (W214)
Awful Wiper Noise
Since I got the car, the wipers have been jumping/chattering across the windshield. I have tried numerous suggestions found on forums but to no avail. 
Here are the things I have tried
- Polished the windshield
- Waxed the windshield
- Applied NuFinish
- Tried with nothing on the windshield
- New OEM wiper blades
- New aftermarket blades
- Replacing only the rubber on the OEM wipers
- Silicone spray on the blades
- Clay bar on the glass
- Adjusting the wiper arm tension
- Dealership buffed the windshield with a "special cleaner"
I have tried all of these, yet nothing has helped. At this point, the wipers drive me crazy every time it rains...
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution that works?
Here are the things I have tried
- Polished the windshield
- Waxed the windshield
- Applied NuFinish
- Tried with nothing on the windshield
- New OEM wiper blades
- New aftermarket blades
- Replacing only the rubber on the OEM wipers
- Silicone spray on the blades
- Clay bar on the glass
- Adjusting the wiper arm tension
- Dealership buffed the windshield with a "special cleaner"
I have tried all of these, yet nothing has helped. At this point, the wipers drive me crazy every time it rains...
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution that works?
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2024 E450 2024 GLE350
Since I got the car, the wipers have been jumping/chattering across the windshield. I have tried numerous suggestions found on forums but to no avail.
Here are the things I have tried
- Polished the windshield
- Waxed the windshield
- Applied NuFinish
- Tried with nothing on the windshield
- New OEM wiper blades
- New aftermarket blades
- Replacing only the rubber on the OEM wipers
- Silicone spray on the blades
- Clay bar on the glass
- Adjusting the wiper arm tension
- Dealership buffed the windshield with a "special cleaner"
I have tried all of these, yet nothing has helped. At this point, the wipers drive me crazy every time it rains...
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution that works?
Here are the things I have tried
- Polished the windshield
- Waxed the windshield
- Applied NuFinish
- Tried with nothing on the windshield
- New OEM wiper blades
- New aftermarket blades
- Replacing only the rubber on the OEM wipers
- Silicone spray on the blades
- Clay bar on the glass
- Adjusting the wiper arm tension
- Dealership buffed the windshield with a "special cleaner"
I have tried all of these, yet nothing has helped. At this point, the wipers drive me crazy every time it rains...
Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution that works?
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Mine were 100% quiet. So quiet my wife commented on how quiet they were 😂. Then I ran it through a touchless car wash. Now the passenger side chatters and is noisy. At least in my case it has to be the car wash wax on the windshield. I was going to order the cleaner Mercedes recommends but it might not work assuming that’s what your dealer cleaned yours with.
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Mine were 100% quiet. So quiet my wife commented on how quiet they were 😂. Then I ran it through a touchless car wash. Now the passenger side chatters and is noisy. At least in my case it has to be the car wash wax on the windshield. I was going to order the cleaner Mercedes recommends but it might not work assuming that’s what your dealer cleaned yours with.
I tried a different glass polish, then loosened the tension of the wiper arm springs a little and adjusted the angle of the arm
Last edited by rp5611; Dec 19, 2024 at 10:49 PM.
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That is certainly not true.
In 2015 a class action law suit against Rain - X was initiated.
The action was then dismissed in 2017.
The final settlement was limited to Mercedes between 2013 and 2017.
see:https://www.classlawgroup.com/rain-x...-investigation
see: https://www.classaction.org/rain-x-lawsuit
see: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-co...347c45d2-2.pdf
Today Rain X windshield wiper fluid is as good as any other: Point of fact I have been using it for over 6 years without any problem.
However I would never put Rain X, or any other product on my windshield. Clean glass is the best.
In 2015 a class action law suit against Rain - X was initiated.
The action was then dismissed in 2017.
The final settlement was limited to Mercedes between 2013 and 2017.
see:https://www.classlawgroup.com/rain-x...-investigation
see: https://www.classaction.org/rain-x-lawsuit
see: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-co...347c45d2-2.pdf
Today Rain X windshield wiper fluid is as good as any other: Point of fact I have been using it for over 6 years without any problem.
However I would never put Rain X, or any other product on my windshield. Clean glass is the best.
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I agree with JTK44 that plain water is the best. I use the same distilled water that I use in the kitchen because Pinellas County water contains low levels of several inorganic contaminants, disinfectant byproducts, lead and copper.
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That is certainly not true.
In 2015 a class action law suit against Rain - X was initiated.
The action was then dismissed in 2017.
The final settlement was limited to Mercedes between 2013 and 2017.
see:https://www.classlawgroup.com/rain-x...-investigation
see: https://www.classaction.org/rain-x-lawsuit
see: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-co...347c45d2-2.pdf
Today Rain X windshield wiper fluid is as good as any other: Point of fact I have been using it for over 6 years without any problem.
However I would never put Rain X, or any other product on my windshield. Clean glass is the best.
In 2015 a class action law suit against Rain - X was initiated.
The action was then dismissed in 2017.
The final settlement was limited to Mercedes between 2013 and 2017.
see:https://www.classlawgroup.com/rain-x...-investigation
see: https://www.classaction.org/rain-x-lawsuit
see: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-co...347c45d2-2.pdf
Today Rain X windshield wiper fluid is as good as any other: Point of fact I have been using it for over 6 years without any problem.
However I would never put Rain X, or any other product on my windshield. Clean glass is the best.
I haven't added Rain-x windshield fluid to my car yet, but I applied their windshield treatment product and the wiper began to make noise right away - much better now as it been washed away gradually.
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Good to know that. I saw mixed reviews after 2018 regarding whether Rain-X damaged sensors or clogged the nozzles. If rain-x hasn't changed their formula of windshield fluid since 2017 or mb hasn't made their sensors stronger, it could be risky.
I haven't added Rain-x windshield fluid to my car yet, but I applied their windshield treatment product and the wiper began to make noise right away - much better now as it been washed away gradually.
I haven't added Rain-x windshield fluid to my car yet, but I applied their windshield treatment product and the wiper began to make noise right away - much better now as it been washed away gradually.
I trust Costco: That is where I buy my Rain-X windshield fluid.
Wipers work best on plane clean glass. When I put Meguiar's Ceramic Hybrid wax was on my car, I try as best as I can, to keep the wax off of my windshield. Works fine on the side and rear view windows: water beads up nicely but when it gets on the wind shield the wipers can chatter.
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This happened to me when I first bought the car in July. Now, it happens once in a GREAT while! although, I go to the car wash every week if not twice a week so I'm sure the windshield was worn down. But seems to work great now.
