Windshield wiper fluid spray button WAY too sensitive

[SuperPigDots]

Forewarning: this is NOT another of dozens of already existing posts about the auto wiper setting.

This is an inquiry/complaint about the sensitivity of the windshield wiper fluid dispenser tap on the button.

So, in my 2023 Model 3 (and other models/years afaik), the left stalk end button does the following:

Quick tap - activates one windshield wiper wipe and the windshield wiper settings access (so that I can set my wiper speed).
Longer tap - activates the windshield wiper fluid to spray onto the windshield, followed by several wipes.

But I accidentally activate the windshield wiper fluid spray feature all the time. I need the lightest touch and lightning fingers just to properly activate the wipers without spraying the fluid. It literally takes conscious effort for me and, when doing it out of muscle memory, I almost always fail and end up spraying the wiper fluid.

In all the other cars I have driven, the spray is either a separate button, a press in another direction, or at least a second or two press to activate the fluid spray feature. It is only a Tesla where a half press vs full press on a feather-weight-trigger of a button makes the difference between the two responses.

This is irritating since:

a) the fluid doesn't just spray on the windshield, but residue drops get all around it too (especially on the freeway). If only a few light drops came down, I'm now left with wiper fluid smears and streaks wherever on the frontend of my car until I wash it again.
b) If I am activating the windshield wipers to clear water from the windshield that is obscuring my view, there is about a one-second delay, where I not only have the water I was trying to clear, but I also now have wiper fluid dousing on there (before the wipers activate and can get rid of it). It could one day, in the wrong moment, actually be a safety hazard with bad consequences.

Has anyone else had issues with the sensitivity of this button, or do I just have personal issues with my fingers working properly? Or is that button sensitivity in my car malfunctioning?

 

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Quick tap - activates one windshield wiper wipe and the windshield wiper settings access (so that I can set my wiper speed).
Longer tap - activates the windshield wiper fluid to spray onto the windshield, followed by several wipes.

On my MYLR, the button is not time sensitive; it is pressure sensitive. A light press does one wipe, unless you hold it down lightly, in which case it wipes as long as it is held down. A harder press (past a detent) causes the washing/with three wipes, typically. Do the model 3's work differently? Seems like the sort of thing that should be standards across all models, so that programmers could be working on fixing all the bugs instead of dealing with all sorts of different logic approaches.

 

[SuperPigDots]

I just confirmed that even if you hold it to the first detent for a long time, it doesn't spray.

I suspect there was debris in there that caused the issue and now it's worked it's way out. It's also possible that when you were doing your lightning taps, you were pressing too hard.

I was going to suggest the risky fix of some percussive maintenance followed by TV tuner cleaner spray.

Glad it's fixed!

I just got the car a few months ago and I keep it immaculate. This started happening shortly after purchase, since I first used the wipers. I don't believe it was debris. Also, it clearly was a change in something independent of my pressing. My pressing actions were standard and unchanging. It was a conscious noticable difference from overly sensitive to normal acting now.

 

[oreobbq]

Maybe this is why they took stalks away.

 

[SuperPigDots]

Maybe this is why they took stalks away.

Lolol, analyst team: "Manager, we're having issues with the sensitivity of the wiper button on the stalks". Manager: "Mkay then, let's axe 'em."

A Tesla fictional, but based on true events, overengineering in a nutshell story.