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Frozen of Wiltshire

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squeaky wipers

Do your rain sensing wipers squeak a lot when they start after light drizzle? Happens to mine quite a bit - usually when a car passes heading the opposite way and covers my windscreen with light spray. Wipers detect it and Squeeeeeeeaaaaakkkkk across the screen. I reach for the water button, give it a squirt or two and problem solved. Gets a bit tiresome after the dozenth time or so though...

On my last car (porsche) when you pressed the flick wipe, it sensibly gave one squirt of window washers first, then did the flick wipe. No squeak. Does anyone know if the RRS can be configured to do the same - washer squirt before starting wipers after an idle period or flick wipe? Or does anyone have a better solution?

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Wed Mar 04 2009 9:18am

Misery

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Give the arms a quick bend that will do the trick.

Wed Mar 04 2009 9:20am

Frozen of Wiltshire

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don't follow you - bend how/which way? Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE, Buckingham Blue with Ebony Black
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Wed Mar 04 2009 9:25am

Zilch

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Frozen of Wiltshire wrote:
don't follow you - bend how/which way?

not a quote to leave out there on this forum i can assure you

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Wed Mar 04 2009 9:36am

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Frozen of Wiltshire wrote:
don't follow you - bend how/which way?

He bends both ways........allegedly

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Wed Mar 04 2009 10:05am

Frozen of Wiltshire

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....too late to edit already... better choice of words required next time - p.s. it's hard to bend when you're frozen... Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE, Buckingham Blue with Ebony Black
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Wed Mar 04 2009 11:02am

Money Money Money

Member Since: 09 Feb 2009
Location: England
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Re: squeaky wipers

Frozen of Wiltshire wrote:
Do your rain sensing wipers squeak a lot when they start after light drizzle? Happens to mine quite a bit - usually when a car passes heading the opposite way and covers my windscreen with light spray. Wipers detect it and Squeeeeeeeaaaaakkkkk across the screen. I reach for the water button, give it a squirt or two and problem solved. Gets a bit tiresome after the dozenth time or so though...

On my last car (porsche) when you pressed the flick wipe, it sensibly gave one squirt of window washers first, then did the flick wipe. No squeak. Does anyone know if the RRS can be configured to do the same - washer squirt before starting wipers after an idle period or flick wipe? Or does anyone have a better solution?

thanks

I'm with you mate, mine make an awful racket, ALSO my intermitent setting will only go as slow as about 3seconds, I try using the other setting on the stalk to change the waiting time but doesn't seem to work!

Do the RRS S/C have automatic wipers?

Is this a stealer problem?

Cheers

Wed Mar 04 2009 11:14am

shmoogle

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There were LOTS of complaints about the original sets of wipers that went on the cars. MMM, I notice yours is a 2005 model - if you've not changed them since then, LR now supply wipers made from a slightly different compound and are much quieter. Alternatively, there are RainX wipers that folks have also fitted with success.

A search of this forum for noisy wipers will give you the history

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Wed Mar 04 2009 11:18am

Frozen of Wiltshire

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found the old threads now - just spent ages going through them and sounds like the best solution was the new improved LR wiper blades part number DKC500150 - so I'll try those when it goes in for service in a few months and put up with it until then.

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Wed Mar 04 2009 11:57am

shmoogle

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Wed Mar 04 2009 11:58am

Misery

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Frozen of Wiltshire Believe me I don't mind which way you bend.

Seriously I have had two sets of wipers the new code number ones as well, both squeaked after a while. My car has just come out of the workshops after some warranty work, I mentioned the squeak to the service manager his reply no worries a little bend and they will be fine.

THEY ARE NOW.

The bend the arm slightly I think.

Wed Mar 04 2009 2:19pm

shmoogle

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Away from the screen or towards? Away I presume?

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Wed Mar 04 2009 2:46pm

Frozen of Wiltshire

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ok, read something about that too. The angle the rubber hits the glass causes the squeaking and apparently twisting the blade to adjust that sorts it. Sounds like something I will delegate as part of the service before I snap off the wipers trying it.

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Wed Mar 04 2009 5:27pm

RichardC

Member Since: 17 Nov 2008
Location: London
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had the same problem and changed them for Valeo XTRM wipers - you can find them on EBAY.
work perfectly now.

Thu Mar 05 2009 12:55pm

Must Fly

Member Since: 16 Apr 2009
Location: All over the world
Posts: 13

2007 Range Rover Sport Supercharged Java Black

Windscreen Wipers - Aaargh!

Been having the same problem with windscreen wiper noise (squeaking badly) that a few other members have been having.
At first I thoroughly cleaned both the windscreen AND the wipers - there was an immediate improvement but not for long.

I just bought some 22" RAIN-X wipers. The drivers side fits perfectly - but for some reason (probably finger trouble on my behalf) the passenger side don't!
Only about two-thirds of the blade touches the screen - the other third just sticks up!
Could somebody please tell me what I might be doing wrong? !!
Sorry to be so dim!

BTW - it's a 2007 RRS S/charged.

Thanks alot

M

Sat Mar 06 2010 9:42pm

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