Wiper fluid to the windshield and other niggly stuff

jgalaxy · 02-13-2018, 06:30 AM

My wife bought a 2018 X1. Cute little thing. Drives great and is fun little car for the few times I've taken it out. One thing I noticed that I wanted to compare with the community is the windshield fluid velocity and coverage.

Being in Canada with lots of snow, mud, salt and other road crud, the windshield is always dirty.

Fluid just barely squirts out a does a pretty poor job of coverage. And forget about at high speed. Our last two cars, 328xi and 335xi, were great.

How is your windshield fluid system? Getting the job done for you or not. Thanks.

hoodoo · 02-13-2018, 06:48 AM

yeah I have to agree with you the wipers and fluids system sucks big time especially at highway speed and you can not lift the wipers up to clean the windshield I think that a bad design too.

Vogit · 02-13-2018, 06:56 AM

If the nozzles are correctly adjusted should be fine - we don't get Canadian snow here, but tonnes of salt put on the roads at the slightest sign of frost, so windscreen needs cleaning all the time.

Have a look in the manual to set the wipers to cleaning position: you can lift them up then.

Tjalle · 02-13-2018, 07:19 AM

There has been a lot of input re. bad wipers on X1. Original - Bosch made in Eastern Europe - seem to have had a problem.

victorngcm · 02-13-2018, 11:24 AM

Always leave a small amount of water after the back swipe...

jgalaxy · 02-13-2018, 10:41 PM

Thanks for the feedback. Seems pretty unanimous. Not great, which is what I was afraid of. Lets see if the dealer has a magic trick to coax more umph out of the nozzles.

TSiSPY007 · 02-16-2018, 02:08 AM

The wipers and nozzles have been working great in my wife's 2016 X1 here in Vancouver (which I drive on weekends). The fluid coverage is a nice, even fan and the wipers function quietly and clear the rain, dirt, snow just fine. Working better than in my 2013 335i... maybe we just got super lucky.

Fred

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jgalaxy Gearing 86 Rep 3,965 Posts Drives: E46 M3, F22 M240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Out East Canada iTrader: (3)	Wiper fluid to the windshield and other niggly stuff My wife bought a 2018 X1. Cute little thing. Drives great and is fun little car for the few times I've taken it out. One thing I noticed that I wanted to compare with the community is the windshield fluid velocity and coverage. Being in Canada with lots of snow, mud, salt and other road crud, the windshield is always dirty. Fluid just barely squirts out a does a pretty poor job of coverage. And forget about at high speed. Our last two cars, 328xi and 335xi, were great. How is your windshield fluid system? Getting the job done for you or not. Thanks. __________________ If at first you don't succeed ...
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hoodoo New Member 7 Rep 17 Posts Drives: bmw x1 2017 Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: canada iTrader: (0)	yeah I have to agree with you the wipers and fluids system sucks big time especially at highway speed and you can not lift the wipers up to clean the windshield I think that a bad design too.
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Vogit Second Lieutenant 93 Rep 251 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive 20D xLine Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Tyne & Wear iTrader: (0)	If the nozzles are correctly adjusted should be fine - we don't get Canadian snow here, but tonnes of salt put on the roads at the slightest sign of frost, so windscreen needs cleaning all the time. Have a look in the manual to set the wipers to cleaning position: you can lift them up then.
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Tjalle Major 183 Rep 1,259 Posts Drives: X4 35i Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Sweden iTrader: (0)	There has been a lot of input re. bad wipers on X1. Original - Bosch made in Eastern Europe - seem to have had a problem.
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victorngcm Private 30 Rep 79 Posts Drives: F48 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: somewhere on earth iTrader: (0)	Always leave a small amount of water after the back swipe...
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jgalaxy Gearing 86 Rep 3,965 Posts Drives: E46 M3, F22 M240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Out East Canada iTrader: (3)	Thanks for the feedback. Seems pretty unanimous. Not great, which is what I was afraid of. Lets see if the dealer has a magic trick to coax more umph out of the nozzles. __________________ If at first you don't succeed ...
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02-16-2018, 02:08 AM	#7
TSiSPY007 Second Lieutenant 70 Rep 236 Posts Drives: 13 335i xDrive;16 X1;96 4G63T Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: BC, CANADA iTrader: (1)	The wipers and nozzles have been working great in my wife's 2016 X1 here in Vancouver (which I drive on weekends). The fluid coverage is a nice, even fan and the wipers function quietly and clear the rain, dirt, snow just fine. Working better than in my 2013 335i... maybe we just got super lucky. Fred
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