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Originally Posted by steves300c
I'm really liking this car very much, but have 2 little problems with it.
The first is the rain sensing wipers. The display is showing that it is on, however, yesterday when driving in to work, it started to pour. The wipers did not come on automatically? I turned them on manually to delay, and they would wipe, then delay, then wipe two times simultaneously, then delay, etc. Has anyone else noticed this? Is the wiper stalk supposed to be in the first delay position at all times or is it supposed to sense the rain even with the manual stalk off?
Any ideas on what's up here?
Thanks!
Steve
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First, the sensing wipers must be turned on by going to the EVIC, settings, selecting "on" to enable them.
Next, after the sensing wipers are enabled, the wiper switch (on the multi control) must be enabled in one of the 6 "on" positions other than low or high (the solid line between "off" and "Low" or "High". This provides less to more sensitive from clicks 1 to 6. Position 1 is good for starters.
As you have found out, you must turn off the sensing wipers at the multi switch before going through an auto car wash. If it has brushes, the wipers could be damaged; if only brushless, no damage is likely to occur and, in fact, may help clean your windshield if a lot of junk is on it and also clean your wiper blades.
If the car also has auto on headlamps set to Auto (A), operation of the wipers after about 10 sec. will cause the headlamps to come on. They will go off after a bit when there is no sensing of rain, even though the wiper switch reamains selected "on" in 1 - 6. In any case, all will be cancelled when the ignition key is removed.
You can leave the wiper switch set to "on"; if no rain, nothing will happen but if it rains, the wipers will begin to function.
If you disable the sensing selection in the EVIC, the wiper switch will function with timed intervals as usual in most cars.