Rain sensor?
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Rain sensor?
My wife and I just got a slightly-used '07 C230. It didn't come with an owner's manual, but the used-car dealer will get it for me in about a week. We're a first-time Mercedes owners. Did the search in this forum, couldn't find anything.
Question: The rearview mirror is attached to the windshield. By standing in the front of the C230, I see some kind of sensors on the windshield (where the rearview mirror is). Do I have a rain-sensing wipers? If not, then what is it?
I have a BMW 335i, and it came with rain-sensing wipers. I thought the C230looked similar to what BMW has...
thanks -charles
Question: The rearview mirror is attached to the windshield. By standing in the front of the C230, I see some kind of sensors on the windshield (where the rearview mirror is). Do I have a rain-sensing wipers? If not, then what is it?
I have a BMW 335i, and it came with rain-sensing wipers. I thought the C230looked similar to what BMW has...
thanks -charles
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My wife and I just got a slightly-used '07 C230. It didn't come with an owner's manual, but the used-car dealer will get it for me in about a week. We're a first-time Mercedes owners. Did the search in this forum, couldn't find anything.
Question: The rearview mirror is attached to the windshield. By standing in the front of the C230, I see some kind of sensors on the windshield (where the rearview mirror is). Do I have a rain-sensing wipers? If not, then what is it?
I have a BMW 335i, and it came with rain-sensing wipers. I thought the C230looked similar to what BMW has...
thanks -charles
Question: The rearview mirror is attached to the windshield. By standing in the front of the C230, I see some kind of sensors on the windshield (where the rearview mirror is). Do I have a rain-sensing wipers? If not, then what is it?
I have a BMW 335i, and it came with rain-sensing wipers. I thought the C230looked similar to what BMW has...
thanks -charles
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How well they work has been asked before, and everyone seems to have different responses. I think they work well, but others say they wipe too fast or too slow. I think it comes down to personal preference. If you have rain sensors, you wont be able to set your own delay speeds, so you'll have to live with it.... 
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I think my rain sensor works well. The only thing I don't like is that if you forget to turn it off, when you start up the car the next time, they run for one cycle. The dry wipers drag across the windshield. In the manual it says to make sure you turn it off, because if you don't the above will happen, possible scratching your windshield. Duh, couldn't they have programmed it to run only when it senses rain after you start up the next time??
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How well they work has been asked before, and everyone seems to have different responses. I think they work well, but others say they wipe too fast or too slow. I think it comes down to personal preference. If you have rain sensors, you wont be able to set your own delay speeds, so you'll have to live with it....
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-- i think the rain wiper sensors are actually on the hood.
-- the sensors that you see for the mirror are probably the day/night sensors as well as the garage door IR
----- these are all "i thinks"
enjoy your new car!!
-carino
-- the sensors that you see for the mirror are probably the day/night sensors as well as the garage door IR
----- these are all "i thinks"
enjoy your new car!!
-carino
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Thanks. I don't think Garage door remote control is IR. These remotes send out the radio waves.
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That's what I thought too. There's a black round sensor type between the hood vents. Unless that is the light sensor instead.
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I think my rain sensor works well. The only thing I don't like is that if you forget to turn it off, when you start up the car the next time, they run for one cycle. The dry wipers drag across the windshield. In the manual it says to make sure you turn it off, because if you don't the above will happen, possible scratching your windshield. Duh, couldn't they have programmed it to run only when it senses rain after you start up the next time??
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