Just bought this car. Checked out very well. Tried wiper yesterday during light rain and it operated very sluggishly, stopping and starting as it crossed the windshield. I read in manual about wiper getting blocked (for example due to snow). Weather here is not that cold (no snow) so dont think that was it. Any thoughts??? Thanks very much! Dave

Do a search on wipers, you'll find a thread about removing the black plastic cover and lubricating the mechanism. Also might try cleaning the windshield, and replacing the wiper blade. Mine came from Walmart, 24 inches I think.

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2000 C230 Kompressor "Frosty"

2007 PT Cruiser
2001 VW TDI Beetle
1999 Landrover Discovery II
1971 Corvette

Gone: 97 Cabrio, 83 240D, 93 VW Eurovan, 95 Volvo 850, 93 Chevy Astro Van, 77 VW Bus, 99 VW Jetta, 74 VW Bus

Here's a link from another forum, the info is all of the way at the bottom of the post.

http://www.club202.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3109&perpage=15&pagenumber=4

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2000 C230 Kompressor "Frosty"

2007 PT Cruiser
2001 VW TDI Beetle
1999 Landrover Discovery II
1971 Corvette

Gone: 97 Cabrio, 83 240D, 93 VW Eurovan, 95 Volvo 850, 93 Chevy Astro Van, 77 VW Bus, 99 VW Jetta, 74 VW Bus

Or, maybe it just needs to be lubed:

http://www.club202.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3109&highlight=wiper+repair

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2000 C230 Kompressor "Frosty"

2007 PT Cruiser
2001 VW TDI Beetle
1999 Landrover Discovery II
1971 Corvette

Gone: 97 Cabrio, 83 240D, 93 VW Eurovan, 95 Volvo 850, 93 Chevy Astro Van, 77 VW Bus, 99 VW Jetta, 74 VW Bus

http://202tech.mkosonen.com/howto/wiper.html

How to grease 300E wiper gearbox

Do it right away before you do some $$$ damage!

Thanks to each person who took the time to help me out. Dave

What's the condition of your alternator? Sometimes under a full load such as lights, heater at full blast, heated seats, radio all on, the wipers become slow / sluggish. I've never seen it stop / start across the windshield under full load; just sluggish and slow. So perhaps your problem may be in the mechanism as the other posters have suggested.

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ARVY

1999 E430
1999 C230 Kompressor
1992 300E (write-off)
1984 190D 2.2 (sold)