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Well, in NorCal we're sure getting a chance to test out the wipers in the last few days!
I've had the car just 24 hours, but it's been raining at every possible rate in that time... from massive downpour to drizzle. I am so far NOT happy with the auto-sensing wiper settings. There are two sensitivity settings and I can't tell the difference... neither seems to swipe fast enough for the given rate of rainfall. Our Lexus RX450 has auto-sensing wipers that are perfect with just a single "sensitivity" setting, and my 7-year old Mercedes also always seemed to pick a perfect rate. Surprised Tesla didn't get the technology for this from Mercedes like they did for cruise control and the shifter. Hoping they can get it adjusted via a software update.
I find it frustrating to just have to switch to manual speeds. Anyone else noticing this?
I really want the Model S wipers to work like that. Is that really possible with just a software update?
Agreed with how amazing the BMW auto-wipers are with the 5 or 6 sensitivity adjustments.
Agreed with how amazing the BMW auto-wipers are with the 5 or 6 sensitivity adjustments.
The Model S wipers are small and seem very flimsy.
I do also experience the single-wipe on startup (which has gotten me and the interior of the car soaked once). I've asked ownership @ Tesla to send feedback to at LEAST make it so the wiper won't activate until you've hit the brake to turn the car on.
OK, let's see if this happened to anyone else.
It was raining a bit today, so I had the wipers on the first step, the least sensitive rain detection setting.
Parked for an hour. Came back to the car, which was quite wet from the rain, get seated, but don't close the door before the car boots up and the wipers take their first mandatory turn (seems they always do this if the setting is on, rain or no rain) and the accumulated water on the windshield gets efficiently swiped away and splashes onto the inside of the driver's door. Ga.
I know this screams of "first-world problem", but still. Shouldn't a smart car figure out that there shouldn't be any need for wiping the windshield if a door is open? You're not likely to start driving until the door is closed, yes?
I was underwhelmed by the wipers' ability to clear the windshield of light, almost-freezing rain this weekend. They left two large areas, both at the far end of their traverse.
To be fair, we had the same freezing rain yesterday and my Infiniti's wipers were having trouble with that too. Sometimes with freezing rain you just have to put a lot of heat on the windshield.
My only complaint is the "wipe on power-up" thing.
This is the first car I've owned w/ auto wipers and so if the wipers aren't moving when I power down I forget to switch them off.Being in Canada and all, I've developed a habit of always turning the wipers fully off when I'm not using them. It's a very bad thing if they come on when frozen to the glass!