they are brand new wipers, the kind that conforms to your windshield instead of the straight ones. i have a new car and new wipers, but why does it skid across instead of smooth?
Some Methods I Found; Vaseline will stop the screeching, but with some aggravating results after years of messing with aftermarket blades and refills, i just go to my honda dealer and buy the rubber inserts made for the blades. take the old inserts out, remove the 2 spring steel pieces from each, put them in the new refills, then reinstall. seems silly to spend over $10 on 2 tiny strips of rubber, but the wipers work like new for a few more years Rain-X? But then you don't need the wipers. Oh well, no more screeching either way. Even when the Rain-X coating is in too poor a condition to deflect rain adequately, it may lubricate the glass well enough to stop the noise
rain ex is the bomb - the inside anti- defogger outside dirt reflector and thier windshield wipers are pretty good too
It may be because they grip too well to your windshield. If you use a polishing compound on your windshield (do it like wax on your car), and use rain-x, either fluid or fluid additive, it should stop them from skidding. I did it on mine and they haven't made a noise since.
