Problems with the stock wipers?

[Bronco2.7]

Anyone else have problems with their stock Bronco Sport wipers? Took a road trip from Coeur D Alene Idaho to Gardnerville Nevada. Along the way I ran into some pretty nasty weather. Having only 1100 miles on my Bronco I thought I was bullet proof. I was wrong, the windsheild wipers turned out to be junk. The wipers bowed in the middle leaving snow and ice smeared all across the glass. Unable to see out the windshield I had to crouch down even with dashboard to barely see. Quite annoying and dangerous I became extremely agitated so I had to stop and put myself up for the night. I finally made it to my destination and bought Bosch replacements for the tune of $60. What a joke!

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[thekingprawn]

My dealership replaced the wipers on the first service. The new ones smear a little on the driver's side and make me insane.

 

[Meanderthal]

Mine aren’t as bad as yours but they don’t fully clean the path they travel. I ordered some Bosch Icons but I haven’t received them yet.

 

[Bronco2.7]

Mine aren’t as bad as yours but they don’t fully clean the path they travel. I ordered some Bosch Icons but I haven’t received them yet.

I'll be heading home on Thursday with the Bosch wipers installed. I will get back to let everyone know if they are any good. I can't beleive how extremely worthless the stock ones performed.

 

[Escape2Bronco]

Mine have been good so far with both snow and rain but I can't say that I've been on highway doing 80 and using them but on local roads at 70 they seem fine. Mine is also kept in the garage so they are not normally exposed to the elements.

 

[WLK]

I believe you can get free replacement wipers from the dealership under warranty. I had 1 year to get them when I bought my 2019 Ford Fusion.

 

[PaulOinMA]

Same with me. I've been pleased with Motorcraft wipers. Haven't had any reason to try anything else and maybe fiddling with adapters.

 

[Bronco2.7]

Mine have been good so far with both snow and rain but I can't say that I've been on highway doing 80 and using them but on local roads at 70 they seem fine. Mine is also kept in the garage so they are not normally exposed to the elements.

Mine too. In the garage.

 

[Flash]

I never park in the garage and the stock factory wipers were fine until my last service where the mechanic decided to replace them front and rear. The new ones work well also.

OTOH, we don't get snow where I live, but we do get some torrential rains.

 

[Bronco Blue]

My driver’s side wiper streaks too. It sucks because I’ve only had it for almost 4 months and the wipers are like this, it’s ridiculous.

 

[birddog2]

The wipers on my 2021 Badlands work fine after 15 months and 18k miles.
In snow conditions they sometime skip or streak but that is due to snow/ice build up, not the fault of the wipers

 

[Mark S.]

My driver’s side wiper streaks too. It sucks because I’ve only had it for almost 4 months and the wipers are like this, it’s ridiculous.

Have you tried cleaning the blade? Soak a pdper towel with Isopropyl alcohol, then pinch the blade with the towel and swipe it along the length of the blade. Repeat until the towel comes away clean.

 

[montpeliervt]

I wasn't impressed, either. Replaced them with Bosch.

 

[Scot]

Anyone else have problems with their stock Bronco Sport wipers? Took a road trip from Coeur D Alene Idaho to Gardnerville Nevada. Along the way I ran into some pretty nasty weather. Having only 1100 miles on my Bronco I thought I was bullet proof. I was wrong, the windsheild wipers turned out to be junk. The wipers bowed in the middle leaving snow and ice smeared all across the glass. Unable to see out the windshield I had to crouch down even with dashboard to barely see. Quite annoying and dangerous I became extremely agitated so I had to stop and put myself up for the night. I finally made it to my destination and bought Bosch replacements for the tune of $60. What a joke!

yessir
...these original new wipers can smear a mosquito three feet across the glass ..... they do seem to be .... well ...... trash.

 

[jmhpi49]

My original wipers weren't that great. Had them replaced by the dealer at the 1st oil change. They weren't much better for $45.00 a pair. After some tweaking of the blades they seem ok for the time being.

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