wiper blades skipping pretty bad..

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11-03-2015, 10:18 AM

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I didn't have much trouble figuring out the name of the ship, as I knew when the car was loaded and the destination port. I deduced it myself based on the schedule.

But what I didn't know is that the ship sat in Emden for a week for no apparent reason!!

How did you know when your car was loaded on a ship? My dealer can't seem to get this info? If I knew that I could figure out a ship. Only thing I know was that on 10/21 it was on it's way to Emdem.....which I assume is no more than a day's travel.

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11-03-2015, 12:02 PM

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ok yea this could be it. i did put rainX on. bummer... i love having rain bead up and roll right off. the only reason i was using the windshield wipers wasnt for rain but rather the spray on the wet highway from cars in front of me.

i guess ill try to take it off or at least not replace it as it wears off over the months.

Dont know if that's it though... I never put RainX on unless my dealer put it on without me knowing. Maybe it's just the hydrophobic coating?

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11-03-2015, 01:41 PM

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Mine was built on Oct 8th but not loaded shipboard until the 15th. There's more logistics than just the drive distance from Gyor to Emden.

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11-03-2015, 02:01 PM

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Mine was built on Oct 8th but not loaded shipboard until the 15th. There's more logistics than just the drive distance from Gyor to Emden.

Yep understood, but how did you find out the date it was loaded on the ship?

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11-03-2015, 02:52 PM

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My dealer informed me.

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Yep understood, but how did you find out the date it was loaded on the ship?

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11-05-2015, 03:07 AM

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ive had my new TT a little less than a week now. today i drove around in the rain for the first time, and the wiper blades skipped pretty badly. both directions, but especially on the way back down.

anyone else experience this? any tips?

This happened to mine for the first month. I tried cleaning the blades with alcohol which helped a bit, but it seemed to be a coating on the windshield. The owners manual says NOT to use RainX as it will interfere with the automatic rain detection system.

I did, however, clean my windshield with a clay bar and the skipping has now gone away. I could easily feel the roughness of the windshield coating until I clayed it. I still have automatic windshield wiper action, but maybe it is not as sensitive. I remember seeing a recent VW ad in which they drop water onto the windshield from an eye-dropper and it activated the wiper. That implies that a windshield coating was somehow reacting to the moisture. In my previous TT, rain detection came from the sensor connected to the rear-view mirror arm.