Anyone elses windshield wiper leave a "rub" mark on thier windshield at the end of thier travels? Mine leaves a vertical mark right in my line of sight.....its rather annoying.....am I being anal about it? :confused: :p

I noticed this too, i'm not sure why, but it's really annoying!

I hate windshield wipers!

I just noticed it today driving home in the rain.

I haven't had that specific problem, but i do have one on my front side windows. Everytime we move the windows down and back up there is a line that appears on the outside of the window. i have no idea what is making the mark, but it just wipes off. Does anybody else have this problem?

I just noticed this same thing Monday after putting a real good cleaning on the car and the windows. Haven't tried to wipe them off or anything, but the fact that I noticed it AFTER cleaning the windows concerns me.

I clean my windshield and blades and the mark comes back almost immediately. Has anyone ever found a permanent solution to this? I had it on my 2002 Grand Am as well as on my '06 G6.

Would someone post a pic of this? I don't have this problem.

I don't have a picture but I was just told that the windshield is a laminate design. I am told that the laminate design is what causes the rubber to stick to the windshield at the point where the blade is at its max travel towards the drivers side and leaves a residue on the windshield.

I am told that using a wax that is free from any abrasives (good for clearcoat or fiberglass finishes) should help. I have not tried it yet, but I will.

:confused: I get this weird disfiguration on my rocker panel and scuff marks on my door when i back up into a wooden post. So wierd.

A hammer will take that right out!:D J/K

use RainX

Do you know for a fact that RainX works or is it just a suggestion?

Thanks,

David

i used rain x on my bent rocker panel and it didnt do anything!!! :confused:

loljk

Well thanks for the useful and helpful information!!

Your attempts at humor are absolutley useless and serve no purpose.
I am trying to get a solution to a persistent problem and you are trying to be witty. You aren't.

For anyone who is interested, the wax did not work, but the Rainx appears to have helped. I won't really know until we get a longer period of rain than the 15-30 minute showers we have had recently.

i used rain x on my bent rocker panel and it didnt do anything!!! :confused:

loljk:)


A hammer will take that right out! J/K :)

A sense of humor is a great asset. It puts thing into perspective. I often use humor in my life. I take only a few things in life so serious that humor is inappropriate. This forum isn’t one of them. On this forum humor is abound and I believe it is appropriate for the members that could be having a difficult time with one of their major expenses, a G6. If this is a problem with you, you might want to browse a different forum in which a sense of humor is absent.
For the record I found the comments very witty.:rolleyes:

Your attempts at humor are absolutley useless and serve no purpose.
I am trying to get a solution to a persistent problem and you are trying to be witty. You aren't.


You can try using a new wiper blade, I have a feeling that the one you are currently using is an inexpensive one. Try the higher quality blades.

I have used brand new ($60) dealer purchased and brand new generic wiper blades. Neither made any difference. The line, with rubber residue comes back. I have cleaned the blades and windshield with freon cleaner, alcohol, windex, etc. No difference. So far, the only thing that shows any promise is RainX, even though I was advised by an "expert" that Rainx would make the problem worse. When you get desperate, you don't always listen to the "experts" anymore.

I don't believe there are any other options available, but would welcome any additional pertinent suggestions.

I love humor as much as the next guy, but in all honesty, when I get an e-mail that there is a new comment on the Forum, and the comment is totally unrelated to my original question and can actually be interpreted as sarcastic, I really have no use for that kind of humor.

I never had this problem with the original wiper blades. I now have some aftermarket blades, they were a really good brand but I'm blank now, and anyway, I thought they would do well since the factory ones are a little more expensive. But I definitely get that mark in my windshield and it's right in my driving view. It annoys the crap out of me. I see that someone said he had the problem with factory blades, too. I dunno. I just know I never had the issue til I got new (and good) blades. Next time I'm going to try factory ones, and then I'll go from there. at least they're easy to install, though!

I have a couple of pictures of the windshield marking problem. These are the GM stock wipers, 1 year old.

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Steve

I guess we need to find the common denominator on this one. I have a 07 G6 GT, I live in the Baton Rouge area and I don't have this problem. You guys that do, where do you live?
Just thinking about it, it could be road film. Maybe some "glass scrub" to get the windshield really clean then see if the mark comes back. Its a thought.

I live in NY/CT area

I have tried new factory blades at $60/pair and TRICO aftermarket blades. I have cleaned the blades with all manner of cleaners and cleaned my windshield with all types of cleaners. I have tried waxing the windshield and using RainX. Nothing seems to work.

Its funny you say waxing the windshield? I used to wax the windshields of cars I owned and I found the wiper blades would skip and leave black marks on the glass. Hum :rolleyes:, sounds familiar. Have you tried “glass scrub” yet?

I have a couple of pictures of the windshield marking problem. These are the GM stock wipers, 1 year old.
Steve

Steve, do you have a pic of the glass then the windshield is dry?

Haven't tried Glass Scrub but I used a freon based spray solvent that got everything off the glass.

As for waxing, it did not cause the blades to skip. It still lft the same mark in the same place. I only tried waxing at the suggestion of a mechanic after this problem showed up so the waxing did not cause it. RainX has appeard to slow down the process a bit but not eliminate it.

I have tried using windex and a Scotch plastic abrasive pad, toothpaste ( did not work but the windshield smelled great ) and now my buddy gave me a bottle of No Touch Auto Glass Stripper. Is that what you call " glass scrub"?

Steve

my buddy gave me a bottle of No Touch Auto Glass Stripper. Is that what you call " glass scrub"?

Steve
No "Glass Scrub" is the name of the product. It's kind of a buffing compound, it is abrasive. It made the glass as smooth as a babies butt, not that I feel babies butts :eek:.

I find it hard to believe that this problem has anything to do with the windshield or wiper blades being dirty. I have cleaned them so much that they squeak. Old blades, new blades, doesn't matter. The line comes back.

As I posted earlier, I had the same problem on my 2002 Grand Am. I figured when I got the G6, there would no longer be the same problem, but I was wrong.

I am thinking it might have to do with wiper arm pressure or perhaps the motor puts some downward force at the end of its stroke. I really don't see how it is environmental as I have cleaned everything as much as is realistically possible.

I could be the glass itself. I find the windshield on my Grand Am as well as the G6 very susceptible to sandblasting from debris on the road.

Anyway, I am open to suggestions, but any manner of cleaning has just not produced any real results.

I will look for glass scrub in the Canadian Tire store up here in the Great White North. If I cannot find it, a trip to Buffalo, N.Y. is coming soon. I just tried No Touch Glass Cleaner. I will let you know the results.

Mine always did it with the stock blades. Neoforms didn't leave the mark of the driver's side until the first month. It has to be from a slight hesitation when travel reverses.

What are Neoforms?


Never mind. I just realized that I bought a set of Trico blades recently and that they were NeoForms. They didn't seem to make any real difference as compared to factory blades.

I used "No Touch Auto Glass Stripper" on the windshield. Checked this morning and the mark was no longer there. I also ran through a storm this afternoon and the mark did not reappear while running the wipers. Fingers crossed and I will keep the group informed.
Thanks to all who responded...Guess I can put the hammer away for now.

Steve

I never had any problem removing the mark. Preventing it from coming back is the problem, but I will get some No Touch Auto Glass Stripper and give it a try.

RainX did not help much. Seemed to increase the time it took for the mark to become annoying, but it did make it very difficult to remove the mark. So much so that I bought No Touch Auto Glass stripper and used it to completely clean the windhield. The Rainx was not easy to remove.

Not much rain in the forecast here so i am not sure when I can report back on how well the No Touch works.

It finally rained a bit, but I was only out in it for about 20 minutes. I had cleaned my windshield (and wiped the blades with it also) with No Touch Windshield Cleaner and I do see that there appears to be little or no evidence of the mark.

It's going to be dry again for a while, so I doubt I'll have much more to add for a bit, but initially at least, it looks like the No touch cleaner is helping.

David

It finally rained a bit, but I was only out in it for about 20 minutes. I had cleaned my windshield (and wiped the blades with it also) with No Touch Windshield Cleaner and I do see that there appears to be little or no evidence of the mark.

It's going to be dry again for a while, so I doubt I'll have much more to add for a bit, but initially at least, it looks like the No touch cleaner is helping.

David

Dave
Glad the No Touch helped you . I have not seen the mark since my initial application.

Steve

Steve

How long since you first applied it?

David

I have had this problem with every single car I've driven.

I've only had this problem on my 2002 Grand Am and my 2006 G6

Steve

How long since you first applied it?

David


Dave:
I put it on on Aug 18. Its only rained a couple of times since then, but so far, no mark. It was most noticable in the morning when the car windshield was covered in dew. I checked this morning and could not see it.

Steve

Thanks for the update Steve. Not much rain here either, but the No Touch does sound promising.

David

I have some new information. As I had said, I applied No Touch to my windshield. Yesterday was the first significant rain in a while and as I was driving home from work, after about 15-20 minutes, the mark started to reappear and get darker. I was using the wipers in the maximum intermittent position. I sped up the wipers to the max continuous speed, which was really too fast, but I noticed the mark started to disappear. I reduced the speed to the slower non-intermittent setting and by the time I got home (about another 15 minutes later), the mark was virtually gone.

I generally always use my wipers in intermittent mode and rarely use the 2 other settings. There is no dobut that the mark came back in the intermittent mode and disappeared in the continuous mode.

Usually, if I spray a window cleaner on my windshield, the mark becomes instantly obvious. This morning, I sprayed and it was barely noticeable. Usually, I have to use a lot of elbow grease to remove the mark but this morning, a light rub with the rag removed it.

I will keep you updated as I get more information.

David