[Bourbonator]

When my driver's side wiper is about 60% of the way up to its apex, the last 2-3" lose contact with the windshield. I replaced the blades with OEM about four months ago, and this problem has just presented itself. When the wipers are at the bottom of the windshield, everything contacts. When the wipers are all the way extended, the tip of the driver's side blade sits about 5mm off the windshield.

I'll take pics when it stops raining, and probably start by disassembling and reassembling the wiper/blade, to see if anything looks unusual. Anyone else deal with this, or know anything I should look for?

[(none)]

Its probably the wiper arm. It isn't moving down towards the windshield, keeping constant pressure.

[Bourbonator]

The issue remains unresolved. Pushing down more on the arm where it contacts the blade does nothing. Relieving a bit of pressure from the arm on the blade only lifts more of the wiper off the windshield.

The wiper arm at rest:


The wiper arm near its apex:


From a bit further back:

[philsey]

Are those OEM arms? They don't look like mine.

[1jzgte]

those are definitely not OEMs..

[purplehippo]

It looks like you're missing the whole upper plastic piece of the wiper arm.

[Bourbonator]

Originally Posted by purplehippo

It looks like you're missing the whole upper plastic piece of the wiper arm.

It's the most obvious things than evade me. Looks like I need to find a replacement part now, and see if that fixes the problem. Thanks for reminding me to look at the big picture.

Passenger side:


vs Driver side:



ETA: Can anyone confirm that what I need is part 85222A? I can't find the plastic trim sold individually.

[enapa]

Weird. How would you have gotten 2 so clearly different blades from a dealer?

[Ryan1975]

Should come with a replacement set of blades, right?

[Bourbonator]

Originally Posted by Ryan1975

Should come with a replacement set of blades, right?

Originally Posted by enapa

Weird. How would you have gotten 2 so clearly different blades from a dealer?

I just got refills. The plastic part broke off a few weeks ago, I imagine.

ETA: To clarify, when I replaced the wiper blades last spring, I just took the old wiper blades out and installed the new OEM wiper blades. They're like $4 each. The plastic part of the blade assembly must have broken off a few weeks ago.

[Ryan1975]

Originally Posted by Bourbonator

I just got refills. The plastic part broke off a few weeks ago, I imagine.

ETA: To clarify, when I replaced the wiper blades last spring, I just took the old wiper blades out and installed the new OEM wiper blades. They're like $4 each. The plastic part of the blade assembly must have broken off a few weeks ago.

I replaced all of mine with Bosch and replaced it at the Hook - so the whole assembly. Significantly more, I know but I too was trying to rid myself of some areas that were getting missed. (Lower right windshield) ...still doing it though.

[Bourbonator]

As an update, I took my 4R into the stealership for the airbag TSB. Their barcode scanner wouldn't work (they couldn't scan the barcode of the replacement airbag) so they couldn't install the new airbag (at least that was their excuse) so they decided to do me a favor for waiting there for two hours and replace the entire blade assembly at no cost to me.

Except they replaced it with a blade assembly meant for a different vehicle. It looked like crap, so I assumed camry. My original wiper problem persisted, and when the OEM part I ordered arrived, I installed that one, after nearly breaking the wiper arm and smashing my windshield trying to dismount the one the dealer installed/jammed on. It literally did not fit, and they had jammed it on as well as they could and left it. I hate the dealership.

[Tisoy281]

Originally Posted by Bourbonator

As an update, I took my 4R into the stealership for the airbag TSB. Their barcode scanner wouldn't work (they couldn't scan the barcode of the replacement airbag) so they couldn't install the new airbag (at least that was their excuse) so they decided to do me a favor for waiting there for two hours and replace the entire blade assembly at no cost to me.

Except they replaced it with a blade assembly meant for a different vehicle. It looked like crap, so I assumed camry. My original wiper problem persisted, and when the OEM part I ordered arrived, I installed that one, after nearly breaking the wiper arm and smashing my windshield trying to dismount the one the dealer installed/jammed on. It literally did not fit, and they had jammed it on as well as they could and left it. I hate the dealership.

That's not an airbag "TSB". That's a full blown "recall". Just like relating HIV to AIDS. Anyways, back on subject. How much does the whole blade assembly cost? I was stupid and yanked off the OEM ones and trashed them when I replaced them with Rain X blades. Didn't think about it until after I drove off and looked at the blades from the outside when I parked.

[KP Texan]

Originally Posted by Tisoy281

That's not an airbag "TSB". That's a full blown "recall". Just like relating HIV to AIDS. Anyways, back on subject. How much does the whole blade assembly cost? I was stupid and yanked off the OEM ones and trashed them when I replaced them with Rain X blades. Didn't think about it until after I drove off and looked at the blades from the outside when I parked.

Should be 85212-53081 for right and 85222-52180 for left. One will probably run you about $25 and the other $35.

[Tisoy281]

Originally Posted by KP Texan

Should be 85212-53081 for right and 85222-52180 for left. One will probably run you about $25 and the other $35.

Thanks! Will the OEM arms work with aftermarket blades (Rain X)? Or only with OEM inserts?