On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:43:43 -0000, Jethro_uk wrote:

On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:39:36 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Anyone got automatic windscreen wipers? I'm told the Fiesta ones
actually come on when it's frosty, and rip the blades off. You'd think
they'd have a temperature sensor?

Mind you manual is as bad, I've yet to see a car which flicks the
wipers to off when you turn off the engine, otherwise the next morning
they try to wipe when frozen and you lose the rubber!

My last two cars have had them - rain sensing. But they cancel when you
switch off the engine - even if you leave the switch in that position.
You have to reset the switch after starting the engine. Anything else
would be stupid.

FWIW, neither system worked as well as I'd like. Despite several
settings,
often wouldn't trigger with a wet screen.

I'd swap the auto feature for a simple push to wipe one.

My current car combines the "auto on/off" with a single wipe, which is
****ing annoying. Luckily a quick pull to wash doesn't have time to fire
the washer but does a wipe ...

I thought all cars had an option to wipe once. So what's wrong with leaving it on auto all the time?

The auto lights are weird too ,,.

This might explain why there are so many ****wits driving around with dipped beam during daylight hours. Has everybody got the sensor set wrong, or dirty?

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