Disable the Rain Sensistive Wipers

I have a Defender so this auto stuff is a foreign land.
However the wife's Mazda has auto wipers, lights and stop and they are great - wife loves them.

I quite like the "rain sensor" feature in mine - it works well and adjusts the speed / frequency of wiper passes to the volume of rain that is falling.

I was not such a fan of the "speed sensor" feature, which increased the speed / frequency of wiper passes according to the speed at which the vehicle was travelling. I found that this feature on most occasions resulted in the wipers operating unnecessarily fast. As a result of this, I often used to switch the wipers to "manual" operation, especially when travelling at highway speed. [wink11]

Since disabling this "speed sensor" feature in the CCF - I have found that the wipers work better in "auto" and have tended to leave them switched to "auto" regardless of vehicle speed. [biggrin]


"Auto" lights though - I have never used them on this or any other vehicle (SWMBO uses them on her Camry). Personally I can't see the point of them. When it is dark enough, I turn the headlights on. When I don't think that they are needed, I turn them off - simple.
However, judging by the number of people I often see down in Perth driving around at night with no lights turned on at all, I can see the reason for them in heavily built-up areas. Obviously the fact that some can see where they are going due to the presence of street lights means that it is too difficult for them to think that maybe their headlights should be turned on. [bigwhistle]

When on auto and you think they are going too fast,simply wind back the sensitivity to min on the stalk.
Andrew

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

When on auto and you think they are going too fast,simply wind back the sensitivity to min on the stalk.
Andrew

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This defeats the purpose of the "auto" function. The sensitivity adjustment works well in adjusting the wipers operation for increased / decreased volume of rainfall. I find it better to set the sensitivity where I like it - and not have the vehicle's speed come into the algorithm. [wink11]

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Originally Posted by LandyAndy

When on auto and you think they are going too fast,simply wind back the sensitivity to min on the stalk.
Andrew

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I cannot speak for D4s but on my RRS the stalk speed control does not change the speed on the front wipers (is up to the auto function) - the controller on the stalk works the speed of the rear wiper only.

garry

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Originally Posted by BMKal

I quite like the "rain sensor" feature in mine - it works well and adjusts the speed / frequency of wiper passes to the volume of rain that is falling.

I was not such a fan of the "speed sensor" feature, which increased the speed / frequency of wiper passes according to the speed at which the vehicle was travelling. I found that this feature on most occasions resulted in the wipers operating unnecessarily fast. As a result of this, I often used to switch the wipers to "manual" operation, especially when travelling at highway speed. [wink11]

Since disabling this "speed sensor" feature in the CCF - I have found that the wipers work better in "auto" and have tended to leave them switched to "auto" regardless of vehicle speed. [biggrin]


"Auto" lights though - I have never used them on this or any other vehicle (SWMBO uses them on her Camry). Personally I can't see the point of them. When it is dark enough, I turn the headlights on. When I don't think that they are needed, I turn them off - simple.
However, judging by the number of people I often see down in Perth driving around at night with no lights turned on at all, I can see the reason for them in heavily built-up areas. Obviously the fact that some can see where they are going due to the presence of street lights means that it is too difficult for them to think that maybe their headlights should be turned on. [bigwhistle]

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This is exactly how I feel about mine now that I have disabled the "speed dependent wipers" setting in the CCF - I have the sensitivity set to "just right" and now just leave the stalk in the "Auto" position all the time, unless driving through locusts or such. The Auto function is now perfect.

With the Auto Headlights, it is great for me as I have the low bean set to be my DRLs, so leave the lights on Auto, then when it is dark, the headlights are "on" which means I can use high beam - saves accidentally knocking the arm onto high beam during the day and annoying other drivers

Thanks guys. I like the auto wipers & lights but not the speed variations. Might be time to break out the Nanocom and have a look at the CCF. One of the benefits of D4 ownership (vs D2) is that I have not needed to dig out the Nanocom for nearly 3 years!

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Originally Posted by Grentarc

I have the sensitivity set to "just right"....

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Is this a setting or just something you set yourself. Interested in this possibility.

Martin

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Originally Posted by garrycol

I cannot speak for D4s but on my RRS the stalk speed control does not change the speed on the front wipers (is up to the auto function) - the controller on the stalk works the speed of the rear wiper only.

garry

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Wonder if the D3 is like that too? The "sensitivity" adjustment on mine seems to do bugger all. Will have to have a play with it and see if the rear wiper changes its rate at all

I eventually got around to disabling the rain sensor using my GAP tool and I was very proud to find the setting and implement the change. All good I thought as the wipers swiped in time as I like but now the auto headlight function got disabled and along with that the delayed off function as well. I've tried looking for a setting for these and I should note that I have the extended untested feature list from GAP so I'm not sure if that causes a problem or not. I've set the rain sensor back to on and the headlights now perform as expected again.

O wise ones, what's going on?