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    Disable the Rain Sensistive Wipers

    My wipers give me the irrits when they rely on the sensor to control them for intermittent operation. They either wiper too many times or not enough in light rain. Tried all the settings. What I'm wondering is if you can disable the sensor in the CCF but still be able to use the intermittent function. ie the sensitivity control now becomes a time delayed wipe .. Like the good old days.
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    I would imagine the rain sensor function is a CCF option but I can't check at the moment. You can adjust the rain sensor sensitivity though. From the D3 owner's manual "...You can increase (a wipe will occurimmediately) or decrease the sensitivity of therain sensor, and therefore the frequency ofwiper operation, by rotating the delay switch-either clockwise or anticlockwise..."
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    Its been posted in the past,there is a fuse you remove and the wipers default to what you want.
    Almost ready to consider the same.The only thing that keeps me sane is making sure they arent on auto until I want them on auto(via the stalk)
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    Hmmm,now where is that fuse?

    Mine are an absolutE PITA😩😩

    I keep them off auto but sometimes they end up on the setting mistakenly.

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    Yes, it sure is a shame that we were not given a choice as to enable or disable this feature. That said, I do think the system adapts quite well to different speeds when it is raining. But yes, it can be a PITA at times, especially when it decides it's raining when it's not when you've left it on auto - I turn it off unless it's actually raining.

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    There are a number of settings in the CCF that relate to this and I have had a play with them to stop the annoying stuff, like wipers going crazy when there no need (speed related) and just turning them to normal intermittent type wipers, but so far no luck.

    That said it is not easy to test these things, I'm sure there is a COMBINATION of settings that would work but so far no luck for me.

    There is a setting for the sensitivity of the sensitivity knob and that does make a difference, but my preference would be to just change it to intermittent wipers with the knob controlling the speed.

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    My rain sensing wipers were quite annoying around 50 - 60km/h and 80-90 km/h, so I disabled "Speed Dependent Wipers" in the CCF and now they are fine, no speed changes as I increase speed - they just now seem to rely solely on the rain sensor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grentarc View Post
    My rain sensing wipers were quite annoying around 50 - 60km/h and 80-90 km/h, so I disabled "Speed Dependent Wipers" in the CCF and now they are fine, no speed changes as I increase speed - they just now seem to rely solely on the rain sensor.
    Have done exactly the same with mine.
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    Thanks for all the replies. It's given me a few things to look at in my spare time in the rain.
    Rod

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    Ive had the rain sensor changed under warranty,due to the auto headlights doing weird stuff(same sensor I'm told).My auto headlights wouldn't turn on in the dark sometimes,would turn off in the dark,yes that's fun at 110kmh in the bush.
    If I leave home without rain the auto wipers will not work until you do a restart in the rain,work that out!!!
    Somebody has posted in the past wich fuse to remove,once removed the wipers work like a normal intermittent wiper.
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