2019 HyCam not the best in the rain?

Sooo, it finally rained in California. It rained so badly that everyone on the freeway travelled around 45mph. Normally if there's a slight drizzle, people will go the posted 65mph or 60. However, we got it good last night and people suddenly forgot how to drive.

Sadly I was 1.5 hrs away from home. I'm used to 1.5 hr commutes, but I couldn't see a damned thing headed home with the wipers at full speed, even when the rain slowed to a sprinkle.

At first I was like okay, maybe this rain is in fact pretty bad. However, I pin pointed the issues while heading home.

1) The windshield wipers from the factory are decent at best and it seems that the manufacturer didn't remove the mold lubrication prior to shipping. The areas not in contact with the wipers had water beading fine. However wherever the blades touched, there was pooling. While in motion, the water seemed to "absorb" into the windshield, not bead and repel. This caused extreme difficulty in seeing through the winshield, as if I was literally staring through a water fountain.

2) The windshield wiper speed is quite slow. You have the first setting and 4 speed settings where the arms will gradually increase speed. However in the second setting, the speed remains the same regardless, which wasn't really at all. So, between the wipers wiping, all I saw was smothered water across the windshield.

Attached are some photos. I have some videos but I realized my location and VIN# are apparent in them, so I have to remake them. Notice the areas where the wipers have not touched.

Luckily rain only comes several days out of the year here, but this is a serious safety issue, I'm assuming created by the wiper blade manufacturing.

Lastly, I want to mention that the PCS is useless in the rain. If you follow behind another vehicle for longer than a 1/4 mile at less than 1/4 mile distance, the sensor becomes useless and PCS is disabled. I'd imagine PCS is something that would be greatly appreciated in adverse weather conditions... Especially with impaired visibility due to poor wiper blades, however that becomes disabled. (See last photo).

Honestly, I'm not sure how to present any of these findings to the dealership, or if I should skip that step and go straight to corporate. However, I'd assume this is just a one off thing, as many other states and countries see rain far more, this would've been brought up. I've yet to see a post on anything related.

I'll be honest, I'm the type to drive like it's a hot sunny day in the worst rain conditions, travelling well above the speed limit in lane 1. But driving this last night, I had several elevated heart rates, a pretty scary hydroplane incident where I had to force my wheel to 3-o-clock while travelling at 75mph to keep straight (didn't see the flooding on the freeway due to the wipers)... I'm actually afraid to allow my wife to drive this vehicle in the rain, despite us picking it up for her a couple weeks ago. But she insists she'd be fine (she was riding shotgun last night) and won't need to take my car while I use her's (the Camry) in rainy conditions.

 

Nah, we've definitely had worse rain, especially about a month or so ago. All the previous vehicles I've had never had this bad visibility... Water should definitely not pool, in the video I'll post up there's an obvious difference in the way the rain reacts on glass... Most times I never even use windshield wipers (the faster you drive and harder it rains, the less wipers are needed...). The photos show blur through, never had that issue driving in the rain, and I've gone out in hurricanes just to drive as fast as I could...

Something is off.