Thread: D4 auto wipers not working after windscreen replacement

O'Briens chap came out today. Found that the sensor was not fitting flush to the new screen (non-OEM screen). This creates an air bubble (visible when you look at it from the front) which mucks up the rain sensor.

The O'Briens man said a replacement screen needs to be re-fitted, and will recommend an OEM screen. What happens next is up to O'Breins, but we will see.

Originally Posted by Graeme

No, removing the fuse disables auto wipers and turns the sensitivity control into intermittent delay control.

I know what you mean. With my original windscreen they were very slow to come on and were virtually useless. The funny thing is that they are now really good with the new after market solar control screen, although still not as good as the ones on my old VW Multivan.

Bob

Originally Posted by Ferret

When I had my D4 windscreen replaced 'Instant Windscreens' told me there was no equivalent after market windscreen.

Ferret, I got my windscreen at the place in Forrestfield in Dundas Rd. They sourced normal windscreens or Sun Control windscreens for the D4. The sun control was double the price but still only $550 or so. Very happy with mine so far.

Bob

I can't stand the apparently irrational timing when the wipers will operate a few times as expected then go at full speed for a few wipes. They can't be slowed enough for my liking either.

Hi, I recently had the screen replaced in my D4. This is the 4th screen we have had replaced in 4 years as our roads are pretty poor quality here. Apparantly after 2 years the insurance company would no longer pay for a genuine screen, so Windscreens Obrien used an aftermarket one instead. No real rain over the following few months, so I didn't notice that the auto wipers were not functioning. Not immediately putting 2 and 2 together, I called the Landrover dealer and asked them what they thought. They suggested re calibrating the sensor should fix it. It didn't. When I mentioned the previously installed windscreen they said that as it was non genuine this was the problem. Took it back to Obriens and they replaced it with another one. Still didn't work so we took it back to the dealer and they said it may be the sensor. They ordered a new sensor and tried it and found that it didn't fix the problem so we went back to Obriens. They replaced the screen again with a genuine one at their cost and it fixed the problem. I won't accept anything other than genuine in future.

Sorry, forgot to mention that the problem is that the mounting bracket for the sensor comes fitted to the genuine screen as opposed to the aftermarket one which was adhered to the screen on site. Any slight difference in the angle or distance from the screen will cause a problem. When the sensor stopped working the intermittent switch started to operate.