Not sure if this is the correct sub-forum.
I bought my V40 D3 as an ex-Volvo car and I did ask the $tealer to check the wiper blades specifically, as on the day of the test drive, the car was a bit dirty and the blades took a few attempts to get the windscreens clean, especially the rear one. Sadly, he didn't bother :dodgy:
Anyway, after doing a bit of research, I decided to go for Bosch ones as they came out half the price (from Eurocarparts, they have a sale of some sort going on) of the genuine Volvo ones , and also I remember reading about at least one owner not being impressed by 2/3 wiper blades he had replaced.
Managed to get the Bosch catalog as a PDF file from the website, and searched in there and eventually narrowed down the specific blades for the V40 2013 onwards model.
The driver side is 26", the passenger side is 19" and the rear windscreen one is 11" (all are based on a UK spec RHD vehicle, but I'm sure they would be the same on LHD, just the other way around for front wipers)
The Bosch part numbers are :
AM26U - Bosch Aerotwin Multi clip - Driver's side
AM19U - " " " " - Passenger's side
A281H - Bosch wiper blade - Rear
The rear one was the hardest to match, but I got it in the end.
All 3 wipers have a sort of clip-on/off cap where the clips attach to the wiper arm - the cap will pop off and then you can easily attach to the wiper arm.
Took me about 3 minutes to swap them over, and I must say, the difference is huge on the rear, and fairly noticeable for the fronts as well.
Hope this info will be useful to fellow V40 owners who might want to save a little money and use it elsewhere :thumbup:
I bought my V40 D3 as an ex-Volvo car and I did ask the $tealer to check the wiper blades specifically, as on the day of the test drive, the car was a bit dirty and the blades took a few attempts to get the windscreens clean, especially the rear one. Sadly, he didn't bother :dodgy:
Anyway, after doing a bit of research, I decided to go for Bosch ones as they came out half the price (from Eurocarparts, they have a sale of some sort going on) of the genuine Volvo ones , and also I remember reading about at least one owner not being impressed by 2/3 wiper blades he had replaced.
Managed to get the Bosch catalog as a PDF file from the website, and searched in there and eventually narrowed down the specific blades for the V40 2013 onwards model.
The driver side is 26", the passenger side is 19" and the rear windscreen one is 11" (all are based on a UK spec RHD vehicle, but I'm sure they would be the same on LHD, just the other way around for front wipers)
The Bosch part numbers are :
AM26U - Bosch Aerotwin Multi clip - Driver's side
AM19U - " " " " - Passenger's side
A281H - Bosch wiper blade - Rear
The rear one was the hardest to match, but I got it in the end.
All 3 wipers have a sort of clip-on/off cap where the clips attach to the wiper arm - the cap will pop off and then you can easily attach to the wiper arm.
Took me about 3 minutes to swap them over, and I must say, the difference is huge on the rear, and fairly noticeable for the fronts as well.
Hope this info will be useful to fellow V40 owners who might want to save a little money and use it elsewhere :thumbup: