At first my wipers were smearing on the windshield. My first step was to thoroughly clean the glass and then the blades themselves. I used Nextzett windshield clear at full strength. The cloth I used on the blades came back black so there is some sort of substance on there. Afterwards the results were much improved. The wiper don’t smear nearly as much as they used to.
The wipers that came on my 2017 cx-5 just suck, I had the dealership switch the arms to 2015/6 spec, and they fitted Bosch Icons (my winter blade of choice) and they work just fine.
Can’t ship nextzett to Calif...any second best choices?
The wipers that came on my 2017 cx-5 just suck, I had the dealership switch the arms to 2015/6 spec, and they fitted Bosch Icons (my winter blade of choice) and they work just fine.
Just drove the wife's '17 CX-5 in the salty snow for the first time and the wipers are horrid.Yes mine too. Can you take a photo of them in the parked position on the glass please. If they line up with the heater elements reasonably well, I’ll change mine too.
Can you buy sudsy ammonia or did they ban that as well? The nanny state is getting too big for their britches.
I always feel Mazda is trying too hard to be different from others in many areas. The way how the power lock switch operates is one example. This new proprietary wiper hook design has really back-fired on them!absolutely pathetic and unacceptable mazda hasn't released a winter blade for their stupid new arm design. they've been using it since the 2016 CX9.
talk about an epic fail for visual safety in snowbelt states.
I always feel Mazda is trying too hard to be different from others in many areas. The way how the power lock switch operates is one example. This new proprietary wiper hook design has really back-fired on them!
the fact owners are retrofitting the wiper arms with <=2016.5's should really tell them something!
You got cut off there.
How many owners are retrofitting their wiper arms? Yea a couple on this board so that means a lot in the real world?
You got cut off there.
How many owners are retrofitting their wiper arms? Yea a couple on this board so that means a lot in the real world?
The people on this board are the ones that know that it is an option.
And only one has done this so far but hasn't posted pics or a clip showing the new arms in action
True, and since the windshield was tweaked for 2017 I wonder how good the fit is with this retrofit?!?
However, how hard would it be to release a winter blade to resolve all these complaints?!? It shouldn't take freaking years. Good grief.