I initially had a problem with the rear wiper - the motor/tranny was making a crazy noise after about 1 minute of work. Acura of Brookly service dept. replaced that sometime last spring. Ever since then, the wiper itself was making those annoying loud cries every time regardless of the wettness level of the rear window. All in all I probably used that wiper for a total of 30 minutes in the 1st year of owning the car.
Anyway, I brought the car in for maintenance service yesterday and mentioned this problem. They told me over the phone that a tech discovered a worn blade

After 30 minutes of total use????????? Anyway, as i was contamplating changing the wiper myself and thinking that I would run into the same problems as some of you, I was "pleasantly surprised" when I discovered that a tech took initiative and did it himself for $4. I'll live with that

I doubt it was Bosch Microedge, but for the winter "scraping" it'll do.
RoadRunner, how did you TECHNICALLY change the rear wiper? Does it slide out or what??? There is really very little clearance at the base and looking at it, I was afraid I'd break the housing if I try to replace it.