Hi,
Picked up a 03 1.6 FSI Sport for my wife today. We noticed that the wiper was vibrating against the windscreen. I thought it was the blade, but on closer inspection, I saw that it was the plate where the two arms join and the wiper blade is connected. The trailing underside of the plate is scratching the windscreen at the bottom and also vibrating off the screen when driving.
I checked the wiper arm nuts. The lower one was possibly a bit loose, but I don't think it was enough to cause the proplem.
Best I could do was to twist the plate until the trailing end of it wasn't touching the windscreen. I took it for a drive and ran the wipers and it appears to have cured it, but for how long?
Has anyone experienced this? Do I need a new wiper arm? If so, how much?
Thanks,
Ken.
Picked up a 03 1.6 FSI Sport for my wife today. We noticed that the wiper was vibrating against the windscreen. I thought it was the blade, but on closer inspection, I saw that it was the plate where the two arms join and the wiper blade is connected. The trailing underside of the plate is scratching the windscreen at the bottom and also vibrating off the screen when driving.
I checked the wiper arm nuts. The lower one was possibly a bit loose, but I don't think it was enough to cause the proplem.
Best I could do was to twist the plate until the trailing end of it wasn't touching the windscreen. I took it for a drive and ran the wipers and it appears to have cured it, but for how long?
Has anyone experienced this? Do I need a new wiper arm? If so, how much?
Thanks,
Ken.