Re: WINSHEILD WIPERS.............
A couple more things here.
There are wiper treatments out there that can be applied to the rubber. These treatments claim to help preserve the wiper, prolong its life, and clean the windshield better. I haven't used them, but I've considered it. I just don't want streaking and residue on the windshield that might be caused by these treatments.
I've used Rain-X, Bosch Micro-Edge Excel, and Bosch Icon wipers over the last 10 years (and everything else before that). I had the Rain-X wipers on my work van for about two months before they started streaking really bad. I threw them away and went back to Bosch. The wipers on the Traverse look similar to the Bosch Icon, but I haven't looked to see if they say Bosch or not.