Auto wipers

jn12 · 19th August 2013, 16:44

Hi,

My auto wipers are pants! They either do not come on enough or too much! The adjuster on the wiper stick does not seem to anything either. Anyone got any ideas as to what is broken?

Regards
John

hogweed · 20th August 2013, 10:46

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Originally Posted by jn12

Hi,

My auto wipers are pants! They either do not come on enough or too much! The adjuster on the wiper stick does not seem to anything either. Anyone got any ideas as to what is broken?

Regards
John

I know this isn't terribly helpful, but they’ve been the same on every car I’ve ever owned which has them. I THINK the Rover’s are slightly worse than the others, but that may be just poor memory.

My personal (bitter, twisted) view is that this is just technology which, like auto dipping mirrors, isn't really there yet…

Rob Bell · 20th August 2013, 11:13

I agree with Hogweed - I've not ever been that impressed by autowipers on other cars, although my experience has been limited to Peugeots - so not sure that that represents the current state of the art!

John, has your wiper autofunction deteriorated just recently, or is it alway been the same? I am sure you've checked all the obvious things already - I'd imagine that the autowiper function is critically dependent upon the signal sent by the windscreen-mounted sensor. Is it clean? Is it properly attached to the windscreen? Hopefully there is a simple cause to the current problems.

hogweed · 20th August 2013, 11:15

How do they work, anyway? Is there some kind of moisture sensor on the outside of the screen, with tiny little wires going through to the inside?

Rev Jules · 20th August 2013, 13:23

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Originally Posted by hogweed

How do they work, anyway? Is there some kind of moisture sensor on the outside of the screen, with tiny little wires going through to the inside?

Gotta feeling they work like the solar lights in the garden when the receptor on the screen is obscured the wipers will work mine seem to be working okay.

Julien

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Rob Bell Gets stuck in ZT-T CDTi + Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 561 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	I agree with Hogweed - I've not ever been that impressed by autowipers on other cars, although my experience has been limited to Peugeots - so not sure that that represents the current state of the art! John, has your wiper autofunction deteriorated just recently, or is it alway been the same? I am sure you've checked all the obvious things already - I'd imagine that the autowiper function is critically dependent upon the signal sent by the windscreen-mounted sensor. Is it clean? Is it properly attached to the windscreen? Hopefully there is a simple cause to the current problems.