i know, tell me about it!!! it was all good until i decided to spend some $$ on wipers. i think this will make me switch back to stock. at least this way if they cause any damage maybe i can get the dealer to fix it.

 

i know, i was expecting this sooner

not till tomorrow though, i have my camera, but i dont have the wipers. i am spending the night at my lady's house tonight and she is a 50 min trip from my house...

but maybe i can find some pics of the blades, and then just point out what came off.

 

You know you're right huh? So you've replaced your windshield 4 times because of Rain-X? Way to waste your money.

I know what alcohol does to glass, it cleans it! It's in just about any glass cleaner you can buy. I don't know what you think is going to happen but it's not going to do any harm at all. Shit, you could poor it all over the car if you wanted and it's not going to do anything but strip the wax off.

I'm not saying Rain-X is greatest product of its kind but there's just no way it could be responsible for ruining your windshield. It just sits on the surface and is fairly easy to remove. The reason it makes your windows fog up more is because the valence of the molecules which are evenly distributed across the surface of the glass screws with the surface tension of the water. The water ends up being in much smaller droplets than it otherwise would and as a result scatter a lot more light. Sometimes you can even see rainbows on your windshield.

You're talking a bunch of shit that you don't know about as if it was gospel truth. It would be irresponsible of me to let it slide without comment.

 

yea actually ive replaced my windshield 40000 times because of it or i just followed what i stated the first time around and it worked. good window cleaning products dont use alcohol in them.

 

take care im not bothering with this bs anymore.... its ridiculous.

blkaspec I hope you efforts work out for u no matter how u go about it...hope you update us on this.

 

ok, so this is the best i can do for now.






the black plastic part at the very ends is the part that broke/fell/blew off. and when the wipers are going and the blade is slanted down to clear away the water, the metal strips that are now expose will make slight contact with the glass.

but like i said, i will get my pics up tomorrow night. more updates to follow...

thanks again for everyone who has helped!

 

I did...I said it was your responsibility to get everything fixed.

 

Damn... I was thinking in the back of my head that I just bought some sweet Bosch Icon blades for my truck, and I may be getting a pair for the TL too.

Then I saw your picture, and realized same blades, different name.

I'm gonna check to make sure they glued my shit together the first time...lol


Oh.. and not to jump in the middle of the fire - I've used rain-X on all of my vehicles since I have been driving, and I swear by it. I'm not sure how in the heck you guys put rain-X on, but I can say it isn't going to magically ruin your windows so you cant see out of them. The trick is putting it on, and wiping it off (and not leaving it all streaky and filmy on the window). I can also say alcohol ON THE OUTSIDE of the window will do nothing but make it shiney. Now some cars have the poli-film on the inside of the glass for safety, and that I cannot vouch for. But as for the outside of the windshield - it's glass.

Just to reiterate (sort of a disclaimer): This was just my . Take it or leave it, but I'm not here to argue. I make the decision to be right only when it counts, and this thread isn't the time.

Good luck on the blades - keep us posted

 

And how long are products supposed to be perfect? He could've had these wipers for three years...we don't know as he left out lots of useful info in his initial (and subsequent) posts.

As for your example, I wouldn't say it's the drivers fault, but I wouldn't say anyone hit, or the driver, should sue the manufacturer, either. If the car's under warranty, that covers it; if not, it's your expense.

 

I rather like Rain-X and have used it for years. However if you don't use it correctly, I would suppose it dosn't work well. My bottle says to reapply after washing the car, not "do it once and it lasts forever". I usually do it when I wax, which is usually once a month in the warmer weather and not at all in the winter. I have never noticed a problem with it being foggy at all. What you suggest is like saying, "I wax car in may, then never wash it again and it looks like crap in September, that wax sucks. " duh.

 

i know what ur saying but id prefer not to use it. reapplying it doesnt make it any better on the wipers. they are not meant to have any of that additive on them.

 

The warranty certainly would not cover the liability to any injured parties. That's utterly and totally absurd. Assuming it was purely a mechanical failure, how could it possibly be the driver's fault? The manufacturer would absolutely be liable for the damages.

So basically, on a lack of information you are making the assumption that he was somehow negligent in their upkeep. I don't see anything to suggest that's a likely scenario. Either way, you're arguing pretty fiercely on an assumption when if that assumption were to be incorrect, your argument would be moot. If you want to call him out on the upkeep part, fine, but to go on to attack him on the basis of your assumption is unwarranted.

 

The wipers I use (I forget the brand, the have a teflon strip in them) actually come with a little wet nap like thing that's soaked in a product much like Rain-X. It says on the packaging to use that after a few months to refresh the blades. When I put Rain-X on my windshield I also put it on the blades. It makes them slide more smoothly across the windshield and eliminates chatter. It certainly doesn't degrade their performance in any way. Wiper blades are made with a high silicon rubber in the first place.

 

I didn't say the people's injuries should be covered by the warranty. I thought about clarifying that, but figured it wasn't necessary...guess it was. If a mechanical failure occurs outside of the warranty period, the manufacturer is not liable. If you engine dies at 55k miles (assuming you don't have the extended warranty), you think Acura should replace free? You think they will? I think not on both.

 

Sorry, your post was ambiguous in that regard, particularly given that was the main point we are discussing.

Regarding the warranty coverage, no because that falls outside the expectation of fitness, which is made pretty explicit by the terms of the warranty. A reasonable person could conclude that barring influences outside of the uses the product was designed and marketed for (in this case, driving around on paved roads) a failure of this nature should not be something the customer should expect.

When you buy a product, in this case, wiper blades, it is implied that they should do the job they are designed and marketed to do. That is clearing the windshield of water and other foreign material. It is also implied that they won't damage your car (of course with the exception of misuse). If you were unable to make this assumption, buying anything would a perilous adventure. Imagine if the purveyor of every product were forced to spell out explicitly every single expectation you are should hold for that product. Commerce would grind to halt.

With the assumption that the OP didn't do something that would explicitly lead to the failure of the blade, he should have the full expectation that those blades would not tear up his windshield. Again, arguing that assumption is pointless.

 

same here, valeos suck and fucked my windshield with a line. The answer to our problem is bosch icon

 

This is my warning, no more fighting in this thread. The OP wants to know what to do to remedy his problem and who to contact.

 

Just go back to your stock wipers, and buy the inserts when they wear out. I usually replace mine once a year, and have just started using this 303 wiper cleaning product with every few washes, I'll post back in the long term to properly evaluate it. So far it seems like it makes the wipers glide better. I also put Zaino on my windshield and it works really well in the driving rain.

 

off topic, but....
I have Icons installed on my other car, I thought they looked cool....until I saw the wipers on the 09 TSX, they looked way cooler. So if anyone is looking to replace their wipers, consider the wipers from the 09 TSX. Hope they are the same length as the TLs....