Has anyone else had problems with the quality of the clearance of the screen?

My car is only 3 weeks old and in the rain this week the clearance has got worse and worse almost to the point of it being dangerous to drive as the smearing and lines left are so bad.

The company I lease the car through say take it to a dealer

I just think it is pretty poor for them to go so quickly

Otherwise the car is brilliant

Funny how a little thing can colour your view

happy motoring folks

Have you considered trying cleaning the windscreen and wiper blades yourself? Smearing is usually due to things like oil and body wax on the glass.

could be that there is some wax residue from washing or from the time of import as some cars have a thin wax treatment before transport that should have been removed, Try washing the windscreen with some dewaxing type cleaner and don't forget to clean the wiper blades at the same time.

I used some glass cleaner (twice) and then applied some Rain-X. All the smearing has gone and the rain just runs away. Dealers "wash" the car before delivery, nothing more, there's rarely any treatment done to the glass or bodywork when they've got it. All the dust and grease etc from transit doesn't get removed.

What gets on to your screen isn't just what falls from the sky, there's all the water thrown back up from the road, containing all the oil that's been dumped through summer. That's why it gets worse.....it's a build up.

I've had this on just about every car I've owned.

I forgot to mention I have cleaned the screen and wiper blades (first thing I did).

The screen is "squeaky" clean.

Thanks for the comments

I will try some more cleaning next time I have the car at home it is just worse than I have seen on any other car I have driven.

And there I was just thinking how good my wipers are after more than a year old! They seem to last longer than any other car I've owned.

PS - Clay bar your windscreen, followed by glass cutter, followed by Fairy liquid (glass only) and dry/polish with newspaper

I forgot to mention I have cleaned the screen and wiper blades (first thing I did).

The screen is "squeaky" clean.

Thanks for the comments

I will try some more cleaning next time I have the car at home it is just worse than I have seen on any other car I have driven.

What did you clean them with?

Bit of vinegar on a cloth to clean the blades + cleaning the glass as per above?

Reminds me, I did use vinegar on mine too after it was washed. Light acid works wonders on things

And if all above didn't help, some sod at the stealership or even better a valued member of the general publib propably needed new wipers so they switched them with yours - if they look pitted and tired, someone swapped them over...

And if all above didn't help, some sod at the stealership or even better a valued member of the general publib propably needed new wipers so they switched them with yours - if they look pitted and tired, someone swapped them over...

Can't do that on an octy cos you need the wipers in the up position to change them, otherwise in the off position the bonnet stops them being lifted up :-)

They have the key at the dealer, saw it happen myself to a car being readied for delivery, scrapped car wipers installed, new ones taken inside.

And lots of people turn the ignition off when the wipers are still going, sometimes they can stay in the service position so they can be removed.

My wipers are superb. I suspect they have been swapped. Cheap to change so just try that. Dont need clay bars, rainx or whatever other nonsense has been mentioned. It normally takes over a year before any wipers ive had start to streak but i never hesitate i just replace them. My mate at work is so tight that he never changes wiper blades. I have been in his car several times and i can hardly see out when it rains yet he still refuses to "waste" money as he puts it on new blades. Stupid thing is he has 2 kids. Go figure.

I'm still on the originals. 5yr and counting. I suppose I should change them but tbh they're still working ok.

..... Dont need clay bars, rainx or whatever other nonsense has been mentioned. .

I'd tend to disagree. I can't abide streaky, smeary, dirty windscreens. When washing a car with car shampoo, it tends to have added waxes and conditioners. These will leave a film on your car (as intended) but also on your glass where you don't want it. Also traffic film builds up on the screen. You only have to compare the wiped area of the screen to the non wiped area to see a huge difference. This film is very difficult to remove effectively. I've tried almost everything to remove it - even wiping with a cloth and petrol. Gay bar is by far the easiest way to remove this film. This alone with a squirty glass cleaner should be sufficient, but if you're doing it you might as well use a glass cutting compound too - 'proper jahb' as they say here in the West Country.

I don't like RainX on the windscreen - unless the screen and wipers are in A1 condition then it can make it go milky/streaky under certain conditions. Tried it twice (different cars) and regretted it both times - especially with the effort required to get rid of it!

I'd tend to disagree. I can't abide streaky, smeary, dirty windscreens. When washing a car with car shampoo, it tends to have added waxes and conditioners. These will leave a film on your car (as intended) but also on your glass where you don't want it. Also traffic film builds up on the screen. You only have to compare the wiped area of the screen to the non wiped area to see a huge difference. This film is very difficult to remove effectively. I've tried almost everything to remove it - even wiping with a cloth and petrol. Gay bar is by far the easiest way to remove this film. This alone with a squirty glass cleaner should be sufficient, but if you're doing it you might as well use a glass cutting compound too - 'proper jahb' as they say here in the West Country.

I don't like RainX on the windscreen - unless the screen and wipers are in A1 condition then it can make it go milky/streaky under certain conditions. Tried it twice (different cars) and regretted it both times - especially with the effort required to get rid of it!

My windscreen is totally streak free as it has been on all my cars and i never use any products. You dont need them. Replace wipers every year is all you need. Donyt know whats in the atmosphere were you live but i cant see why products would be needed. I have never needed any in 22 years of driving.

.... Don't know whats in the atmosphere were you live .....

Aaaaah! The clean fresh air of NE Scotland! Hardly compares to the crowded, congested, polluted South West

Aaaaah! The clean fresh air of NE Scotland! Hardly compares to the crowded, congested, polluted South West

Its bloody freezin clean and fresh air though.

I clean the road film off my windscreen with toothpaste! The old fashioned plain white stuff is best - I have a tube of Sainsbury's budget own brand that I bought several years ago. Put 2-3 cm onto a clean dry cloth and work it into the windscreen, rinse it off with clean water and hey presto - removes film and dried insects, and leaves the screen sparkling fresh

Squeeky blades or ones that leave lines drive me nuts! I replace the wiper blades every couple of years with Halfords own brand (2/3 the price of Bosch). I find that Halfords are better than the original fit. I got this car in October 2010 and like the OP, I found the original blades were leaving lines across the screen within a couple of months. No amount of cleaning cured it. Fitted new Halfords blades in Dec 2010 and I have just replaced them again after a line developed on the dirver's side. Last Octavia was the same - lucky to get 1 winter out of Bosch blades but Halfords lasted 2 winters.

Spotless windscreen ?

Make a pad with a new yellow duster. Moisten it pretty wet but not dripping. put a small pool of Silvo silver polish in the middle. Rub your screen with light circular motions. Leave to fully dry. It will look like you artexed it. Get another yellow duster rub it off. Next spend an hour getting rid of the damn white powder --blow it or suck it by vacuum is best. Swear loudly at mess but you will have a very clean screen. DON'T use Brasso. Works inside the screen as well. That really does make a mess.

I have wiped the blades with vineger and cleaned the screen with a degreaser (sprayed onto a cloth then screen wiped)

I guess I got unlucky with a set I will be getting them changed on saturday morning at a dealer. I will let you all know how it goes after that.

Looking at the blades they were pretty rough and looked more like a pair that were a couple of years old rather than a couple of weeks.