l've got a problem with wipers juddering across the screen on my Defender

The vehicle has only done 6,000 miles. ls there any way to fix this? Land Rover want around $100 for a pair of wiper blades.

l've tried two pairs of aftermarket blades both of German manufacturer and they didn't clear the screen properly.

So l took the rubber parts out and fitted them to the Land Rover blades.

They clear the screen perfectly but judder on the slow/intermittent speeds.

Which was the problem in the first place. Surely l don't need new wipers after only six months.

 

Try cleaning the blades with isopropyl alcohol on a paper towel. Sometimes road grime builds up on the blades which causes that issue.

 

This happens when wiper blades contact the windscreen at the wrong angle (not 90°). It's odd that this would be happening on a new vehicle, but it's a very easy fix. Look at the way the blades are contacting the windscreen and give the wiper arm a twist to get them back to 90°. Here's an example:

 

Thanks for the advice

l checked and they are at 90 degrees so it's not that
l'll try cleaning the screen with glass cleaner.

 

Treating the screen with a hydrophobic like Rain-X can help too.

 

I've had this a little on a few vehicles and found conditioning the blade rubber with products like Gummi Pflege or Sonax which usually used on door seals helps a lot in this regard, but you also need to be absolutely sure that your glass is clean as well. Your judder is probably a combination of the two. So clean the glass and soften the blades with a rubber conditioner .

 

My 2023.5 D90 and the 2022 I had previously did the exact same thing. It has NOTHING to do with cleaning the window. It is absolutely the blade contact angle and LR has it ALL WRONG!!! Has anyone had their LR dealer fix this with a positive outcome?

 

Nope........Window treatments like RainX makes it worse. I tried. Had to strip it off.

 

How did you accurately check to contact angle of the blade to the glass?

 

screen treatments make sound worse, mine are doing it too when it's small amount of water on windshield.
In general wiper operation isn't good.