gsobol

Wow, I thought that only happened to me :-)

Audphile

Had my blades changed out by the dealer for both my cars and it seemed to help a little. Dealer then used some kind of polishing compound and that completely fixed the issue. I was told there was/is a TSB for the S3's and/or the RS3's for this issue so they probably used the same product.

gaogi

I have the same issue with my S3, and I can only resolve it by changing to Trico wipers. My wife's current GL350 has the quietest, best working wipers i've ever had on any car...not looking forward to having this same issue on the upcoming Q7!

stevenpoint

Seems my issue has corrected itself after much wiper use. It was probably something to do with the coating the XPEL guys out on that needed to spread out or get removed. Thanks all!

Audphile

Well I guess I spoke too soon. Wipers were working fine for about 20 minutes yesterday, haven't had rain for about 3 weeks, and they started shuttering again.
Ordered a set of the Trico wipers; Force Blade 25-240 (driver side) and 25-200 (passenger side). If they work I'll get a set for my TT-RS.
I'm starting to believe Audi has a new/newer supplier of blades and they are junk. I've owned 3 Audi's before the 2 I currently own and never had this issue.

JT4

Mine seems to come and go and it doesn't matter if its at highway speeds or just driving around town.. But one thing is for certain, on the first wipe after sitting in the rain they always "judder".. And from there sometimes it continues for a while, and other times it doesn't judder at all..

hayde_bre

Mine judders too, both front and rear, but there seems to be something on the glass, I can clearly see a coat of some kind of residue on glass, it also causes rain to stick to glass. Rain doesn't stream down like it used to in my other cars.
It might be a windshield problem more than wiper problem. I'd like to try and clean the windshield with something, I wonder if Rain-X type of product someone might have used in the past caused this because I heard rain-x causing issues with certain windshields.
It's not only annoying, but also impacts visibility.

Audphile

Try the Trico blades, they're cheap enough and easily found. Dealer replaced blades with another set of Audi blades, no help. Dealer put a Rain-X type coating on the windshield called Crystal Fusion, helped a little. I replaced the Audi blades with Trico and they work perfectly.

hayde_bre

Thanks, after few rains, they seem to work much better, but there is still some kind of residue on the glass. I didn't mess with any cleaning products just yet because some of them cause bad reaction with coatings.
I'll give it a few more rains and then replace the blades.
What size Trico do you get? I still think it could be the winshield, not the blades.

Eppieguy

Mine always do it on the first swipe, after that I've never had an issue.