Has anyone else had issues with the Bosch Marathon wiper blades? I have no problem with the passenger side, but the driver side barely clears water when sitting still and leaves an untouched spot about the size of a football right in my line of sight. I already swapped jt with a new one and had the same problem. Bosch blamed it on a problem with my car.

What do you guys think? $15 blade doesn't work. $3 blade works perfect.

 

Bosch ICons work perfectly on my cat. Never heard of marathon.

 

I have the same problem too but with the Rain X Lattitude wipers blades,The passengers side works perfect but the drivers side will leave a streak...I'm just gonna go back to the cheaper ones..

 

I did a little searching and the Marathon product looks like a Walmart-only product. Not sure if it is a re-branded Icon or a totally different product.

I may just return them both and go back to the cheap ANCO blades. The Bosch service guy did tell me that the old-style blades distribute pressure more evenly than the new style.

 

I think I just got the regular bosch ones, and they work fine.

 

is the wiper hitting the wiper arm?

 

I'll have to check that. The tension from the arm appears to be fine. That's what the Bosch rep blamed it on since two wipers failed on the same side. Not sure I believe that.

 

idk wat style wiper u got but i installed the newer "fin" type wipers and the driver was getting caught under the wiper are becus the fin was a too high so i had to slice it off. so half the wiper doesnt have the fin but u dont see it anyway becus it sits under the wiper arm when its in the off position. its rubber so easy to razor off

 

I'll notch it if that's the problem. It looks like this:

 

yea thats the same style i have.

 

Looks like the rainx too. I need to change mines and think I will just go back to the OEM... all these fancy looking blades are garbage IMO pressure points ftl

 

mine works great after i made the changes. if u like oem u could get the oem refills and install them on any wiper

 

Did not know that. Thanks for the info might just do that, Srs tho the rainx are horrible lol works good for a few months and that's that.

 

ive read that alot about the rainx wipers. but onnce u change the refills should be good to go since thats the main functioning part

 

So it looks like the problem is like saywat? suggested. The entire blade flexes so much that the entire blade hits each side of the arm (since it is tucked inside the arm). I'm going to get out a razor blade and start hacking. If it doesn't work, I'm back to the cheap wipers.