windshield wiper seems to stop short

[MGMDaware]

Just took delivery a few days ago. I had a dirty windshield so I used the washer/wipers. The driver side wiper seems to stop short on the up swing, leaving the edge of "wiped" water/dirt somewhat in my visual field. Just wanted to check if this was a normal Model S experience. Thanks!

-MG

 

[Fusion]

Picture would help.

 

[MGMDaware]

Fair enough. The pic shows where the wiper stops on the up swing. There is some serious windshield real estate to my left that doesn't get touched/wiped.

 

[docherf]

That looks the same as my MS. It never bothered me, but now it will - thanks .

The wipers do seem weak /flimsy to me. They chatter. Other cars I drive (BMW, MB , Honda, Infiniti) all seem to have better engineered wipers.

 

[Larry]

]Just took delivery a few days ago. I had a dirty windshield so I used the washer/wipers. The driver side wiper seems to stop short on the up swing, leaving the edge of "wiped" water/dirt somewhat in my visual field. Just wanted to check if this was a normal Model S experience. Thanks!

My biggest peeve with the car. First S was like this and I pointed it out to Fremont service and they said nothing can be done. I was hoping when I got my next S this would be gone but nope, same exact as the first.

 

[Shock-On-T]

"Stopping short is my move!" - Frank Costanza.

 

[MGMDaware]

Ok. I appreciate the responses. I'm sure I'll get used to it.

 

[CHG-ON]

Looks about normal. But I do find that the more liquid on the screen, the farther it wipes. When I put mine on high, they sweep all the way to the edge of the screen. I can see that part of the issue is the flex of the blade. It tends to flex farther than the plane of the wiper arm when on high. So I assume that they designed it to stop at a certain point in order to avoid the blade wiping all the way on to the A-pillar.

I have gotten used to it...kind of. It is a big blurry spot, which makes seeing cross traffic more difficult, along with the very wide A-pillar.

 

[MGMDaware]

Intersting. I will test that out. I'm already getting used to it. Thank you though