Went to my local car wash - didn't do anything different. Been going there for 15 years.

During the car wash, I could swear I heard a snap noise. As the guy was drying the car off, he picked the blade right up off the inside of the panels.

Emailed the pictures to the dealer.

 

Good thing the windshield was just cleaned. Could you imagine having a dirty window and that happening?

 

I'd really like to know how it just snapped off.

 

Sorry to see that glitch , judging by the design of the blade I think yours is same as R231 SL .I forgot what MB calls them a special system squirts water to the windshield using blades rather than fixed nozzles perched onto the hood or scuttle .
If this is the case then all such types could be probe to being snapped off in comparison with the conventional blades
If your car don't come with that equipment as I stated above please disregard this post

 

yes........ it is the type that sprays from within the blade assembly.

appears that the wiper curtain may grab the blade...

if the w222 design does not mesh with the wiper curtain, we will see this again.

 

OK...so a carwash rips off your wiper and it's a Mercedes defect. Get real!!! You should never...I mean never run your car through a carwash. Afraid you're at fault not...Mercedes!

 

Yes, it does have that. Mercedes will replace it while I wait. I will probably go on Monday.

 

Let me guess, you wore the tight underwear today? Your ***** are being squeezed tight enough to turn carbon into a diamond.

That would be my guess as to why you have a hostility tone in ya.

Relax dude, it's Friday.

Of course it's my fault for getting a car wash. I deserve death.

 

get the hell outta here.

 

Damn...unbelievable aggression. No problem...I don't post here often and will definitely not post in the future. I'm getting the hell outta here. Oh and if....you ever take your car to a detailer have him show you the damage the carwash has caused. I'm a 10 year+ hobbyist with 2 black cars. Now you guys can go f**ck yourself's.

 

I will do my absolute best, but I'm afraid its damn near impossible to wrap it around or under to accomplish this most stunning technique.
I will try though.

 

I have taken my E55 to my local carwash for 7 years now... Not once has the carwash broken anything off of my vehicle. And honestly, I could care less if it swirls/scratches the paint... Hell, the damn thing hasn't been washed in 5 months now and has mud caked to the sides from doing some 360s in a wet field a couple of months ago. And I don't mean a few splash marks just by the wheel wells... I mean caked all over the sides... My 2012 Bentley Continental SuperSports... Same story... Take it to the local carwash as well... Never had anything break off of it either... It hasn't been washed in months either... Except by the rain and mud puddles which I purposely hit to see how big of a splash I can make...

t didn't buy either car to admire the freaking paint job... I bought it to drive the f^ck out of it!

Had a black car once... Had it painted Viper Yellow within a month... Never will own a black car again...

 

Pics or it didn't happen! Not that I really want to see your *****, but dang, that would be some World Record stuff right there!!!

 

its called magic vision control. Cool in action, but surprised it broke so soon

 

But lets not forget....in the end....it is still my fault...for washing my car lol.

 

LOL I'll have to take a poll whether those pics ever make it on here.

 

nice attitude.

I have had 2 black cars for over 10 years also. And I don't need to go to a detailer, i do paint correction just fine on my own.

Should someone wish to use a carwash, thats their business. A few swirls on the nanoclear are no big deal to remove. Some people have better **** to do than hand wash their car every time its dirty.

 

We are all pretty sure that MB does not design for "carwash use", however, the blade should not have broken if the wiper curtain was functioning correctly.

 

This is quickly turning into a Nissan or Honda Civic forum. Seems like an improperly installed wiper blade or maybe it had a crack when it was being installed. Seeing that you drive an S Class, I'm sure the dealership will have no issue serving you and installing a new blade on the car at no cost. Just out of curiosity just how fast do you get that beast up to in NYC? I can do up to 120kph here on the highway when commuting but I wish I could go faster

Also, I hand wash my old C280 every 2 weeks

 

The laws of NYC are 50 mph on the highway. As to whether I surpass that, I couldn't possibly comment.

 

Win.

I've heard NORAD has tracked Chucky on numerous occasions...

 

Now they can track me with a fixed Wiper Blade.

Took them 20 minutes - It was in and out procedure.

I did not go there just to get jerked off!

 

I guess that would all have to depend on whether or not your CSR is male vs. female... Hot or not... There is/was a pretty good looking lady at one of my local dealerships...

 

 

Agree with all that this is an easy fix that dealer will take care of it. I can't imagine that too many S owners actually wash their own cars by hand or only use detail shops for a hand wash. Even then the same thing would have happened. I think my point is that I am sure this was not your fault. If the S actually had a wiper that was not made to be picked up off the glass as all hand wash and hand dry car washes do, your dealer would have told you to be careful with that. I have a new 7 and had a 2007 S550 and wash my cars every week and never had this happen.