Polestar 2 Wiper Adjustment and Replacement

Last week I had my windshield replaced for the 2nd time and this new windshield is in perfect condition with no flaws. This time I waited at Safelite about 1.5 ours while they swapped out the windshield and was back home by 10am.

However, a couple days later I noticed that the wiper arms were not adjusted correctly. Normally the wipers, when off, sit below the hood line of the Polestar 2. But mine were sitting up a bit higher. Although they seemed to work fine when used, they were more noticeable when driving. It mostly seemed like the passenger side was just a bit too high.

A quick search of YouTube pointed me to some general videos about adjust wiper arms on cars and armed with that knowledge, I decided to adjust mine.

This actually proved to be quick and easy. The only tools I needed were a small flathead screwdriver and a 15mm socket. I used the flathead screwdriver to pop off the plastic cover (it even has a slot to use) that is over the bolt that holds the wiper arms to the car.

Putting the flat head screwdriver in the slot to pop off the plastic cover.

Obvious in retrospect, but the wiper do have to be removed in order to replace the windshield.

With the plastic cover removed, a 15mm bolt is revealed on each arm. Removing this allows the wiper arms to be popped up and off. I did the left one first. There are some gears on the connector that determine the alignment, so I just popped off an arm, adjusted it so it was lower and pushed it back on. I did the the same for the right one.

The 15mm bolt on each arm is visible and easily removed with a socket wrench.

Newly adjusted wiper arms.

I then bolted them back down, checked the alignment with the hood closed and tested the wipers to make sure they worked and looked correct from inside the car. After all looked good, I popped the plastic covers back on.

This took me perhaps five minutes.

Replacing Wiper Blades

Safelite recommended replacing the wiper blades after getting the window replaced. They wanted to do it, but I declined and decided I would do it myself. The Polestar 2 squirts out the wiper fluid from the arms, rather than nozzles on the hood, and most wiper blades are not compatible with that design.

After some research, I found that the Bosch Aerotwin A620S wiper blades are compatible so I order them from Amazon (about $31). They fit perfectly! These were also the easiest wiper blades I’ve ever installed!

But before you can swap the blades, you have to put the wipers into “Service Mode”. To do that, sit in the driver seat, go to the “Car” screen, select “More”, then “Wipers”. Turn Service Mode On which causes the wipers to move to the center of the the window.

With the wipers up in that position, you can press the center button on the mount point and slide the wiper up and off. The new wipers slide down and the button locks them in place.

Original wipers

Replacement wiper.

New wiper with “fancy” Bosch logo.

This just took a couple minutes.

With the new windshield and new wipers, things are working great. These new wipers have so far been utterly silent, whereas the original wipers would chatter from time-to-time, especially with light rain and the rain sensing wiper mode active. I still need to do a drive in more wet/rainy conditions to see if things are actually improved, however.