PSA Make sure to turn off automatic wipers before carwash...
06-26-2016, 02:03 AM
#1
PSA Make sure to turn off automatic wipers before carwash...
If you take your car to a car wash and its not a touch less or hand wash place with your automatic wipers on,
The wipers will kick on in the tunnel, bind, tear off and put some nice scratches in your windshield.
Very stupid design, BMW has it best, a button not a switch and it only last for a driving session, defaults to OFF when the car is turned off.
The wipers will kick on in the tunnel, bind, tear off and put some nice scratches in your windshield.
Very stupid design, BMW has it best, a button not a switch and it only last for a driving session, defaults to OFF when the car is turned off.
06-26-2016, 12:11 PM
#2
Member
I guess one just has to get used to it. I have it in my Audi and had it in my MDX...just have to remember to turn it off.
I don't get how a button vs switch matters. And with a drive through wash, car is usually on for me.
I think a bigger issue may be the Start/stop along with tranny moving to Park
I don't get how a button vs switch matters. And with a drive through wash, car is usually on for me.
I think a bigger issue may be the Start/stop along with tranny moving to Park
06-26-2016, 12:17 PM
#3
If its a button its state can be changed via software, like the start stop button, you turn it off but the next start its back ON.
With a mechanical switch the function is perm ON unless the user remembers to switch back off.
Drove the car 1500 miles across the country and needed a quick wash to get the bugs and stuff off, rained the day before and had them ON, forgot to switch off.
And like I said in a post above touchless/handwash places are okay, I just got really unluckly selecting brush wash at my destination (full service place). Didn't realize until it was too late.
Car comes out of the tunnel with the wipers missing and the arms running up and down the glass by themselfs.
See my attachment, all that red stuff hanging over the car, thats where they got torn off.
If it was a BMW it wouldn't be a issue the next morning the auto wipers would be automatically turned off.
Audi is even worse, its buried in the NAV system.
With a mechanical switch the function is perm ON unless the user remembers to switch back off.
Drove the car 1500 miles across the country and needed a quick wash to get the bugs and stuff off, rained the day before and had them ON, forgot to switch off.
And like I said in a post above touchless/handwash places are okay, I just got really unluckly selecting brush wash at my destination (full service place). Didn't realize until it was too late.
Car comes out of the tunnel with the wipers missing and the arms running up and down the glass by themselfs.
See my attachment, all that red stuff hanging over the car, thats where they got torn off.
If it was a BMW it wouldn't be a issue the next morning the auto wipers would be automatically turned off.
Audi is even worse, its buried in the NAV system.
Last edited by index1489; 06-26-2016 at 12:21 PM.
06-26-2016, 12:28 PM
#4
Member
If its a button its state can be changed via software, like the start stop button, you turn it off but the next start its back ON.
With a mechanical switch the function is perm ON unless the user remembers to switch back off.
Drove the car 1500 miles across the country and needed a quick wash to get the bugs and stuff off, rained the day before and had them ON, forgot to switch off..
If it was a BMW it wouldn't be a issue the next morning the auto wipers would be automatically turned off.
Audi is even worse, its buried in the NAV system.
With a mechanical switch the function is perm ON unless the user remembers to switch back off.
Drove the car 1500 miles across the country and needed a quick wash to get the bugs and stuff off, rained the day before and had them ON, forgot to switch off..
If it was a BMW it wouldn't be a issue the next morning the auto wipers would be automatically turned off.
Audi is even worse, its buried in the NAV system.
06-26-2016, 12:32 PM
#5
The part your missing is that on the BMW side they don't default the rain sensor ON as this can cause problems if the wipers unexpectedly come on,
As soon as it begins to rain, you press the bottom on the tip of the stalk, for the rest of the driving session the wipers will automatically handle themselves, speed up down, turn off and on after it stops raining.
This is a much more safer design then Audi/MB which prioritize user convenience in their system.
As soon as it begins to rain, you press the bottom on the tip of the stalk, for the rest of the driving session the wipers will automatically handle themselves, speed up down, turn off and on after it stops raining.
This is a much more safer design then Audi/MB which prioritize user convenience in their system.
06-26-2016, 02:47 PM
#6
Member
I see the point. BMW shuts off the wiper every time one shuts off the car. Audi/Acura/MB leave the wiper in the last used position.
