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djwhyte Member Since: 24 Aug 2010 Location: Brisbane Posts: 336 |
I have no solid leads for you but mine seem to work fine.
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1st Nov 2012 11:50 am |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 |
I must admit to mine (and others from what they have said) being a bit 'iffy'. At times it will wipe a clear/dry screen and at other times I am willing it to wipe while peering through the raindrops
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1st Nov 2012 12:04 pm |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2006 |
Similar experience here to the above - sometimes it will wipe a dry screen, and other times the rain can be quite heavy before the wipers come on. Generally it works reasonably well, but not always. I have contemplated removing the appropriate fuse, but so far am persisting with the automatic wipe. |
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1st Nov 2012 12:17 pm |
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Truckindog Member Since: 21 Aug 2012 Location: Co Durham Posts: 4 |
Thanks for the feedback guys. Can't believe they can't get the simple things right. A friend has a FL2 and his work perfect. mine are driving me insane so frustrating having to fiddle with the sensitivity switch to move a little drizzle.
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1st Nov 2012 7:12 pm |
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Bugblatter Member Since: 08 Mar 2012 Location: Ilkley, West Yorkshire Posts: 417 |
Since I removed fuse F1, my auto headlights seem to be always on. I am beginning to suspect it is not a coincidence. 2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
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1st Nov 2012 8:02 pm |
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russben Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: lancashire Posts: 314 |
Mine seem to work ok at speeds over 30mph, but are a pain below that. Are they speed related too? Poke it, Poke it, make it do it again!!
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2nd Nov 2012 7:39 pm |
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Pegleg Member Since: 15 Apr 2010 Location: Deep in mid Wales Posts: 3114 |
Increase in speed will mean more droplets on the screen.
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2nd Nov 2012 7:49 pm |
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dave_evans Member Since: 03 Nov 2012 Location: England Posts: 11 |
Mine don't work quite as I'd expect 'rain sensitive' wipers to behave but, because they've always followed the same pattern, I've just assumed LR never really perfected the logic!
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4th Nov 2012 4:02 pm |
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768will Member Since: 08 Jan 2012 Location: South Devon Posts: 199 |
Are we becoming a lazy load of b**gers! Auto lights- can't we decide when to switch lights on? Cruise control - waste of time on these crowded roads unless you drive motorways at 3am. Auto-wipe wipers_ surely we can decide when to put the wipers on. I remember fitting a homemade unit to my old L/R to set the rate of wiper wipe and it worked better than the one on my FL2. The sales brochure would look a bit depleted without these gimmicks but I'd rather have the money off the final price. 11 GS Bali Blue
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4th Nov 2012 7:43 pm |
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Walter_F Member Since: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 24 |
Not a coincidence. The rain sensor and headlamp sensor are both controlled by the same little box up behind the mirror. I didn't remove F1, but disconnected the wire from the sensor unit itself. I gained the manual intermittent wipers (yeah!), but the headlamps now stay on all the time with the switch in automatic (boo!) I also noticed that the adaptive lamp feature (headlamps "steer" through turns) doesn't work with the box disconnected. Hook the sensor back up and all works as it should. Our wipers act possessed on the auto setting, randomly switching to super-high speed at anything over 25 mph. The auto wipers are pretty much my only complaint about our 2008. |
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27th Dec 2012 5:41 am |
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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
Auto wipers are a pain in the neck. Every car I have had with them has brought no joy, you cant leave them in auto or some huge insect will choose to end its life on your screen at the same instant the wipers decide to try themsleves, this results in not only vertical but horizontally smeared entrails obscuring your vision.
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27th Dec 2012 10:10 am |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
Heh heh! |
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27th Dec 2012 4:59 pm |
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oldgeezer Member Since: 09 Apr 2011 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 1302 |
Going back to 2008 when mine was new the auto sense wipers were hopeless and the headlights used to come on as I would venture outside the far end of a tunnel and then stay on for a good 10 mins in bright sunshine !
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27th Dec 2012 5:02 pm |
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bish789 Member Since: 30 Apr 2012 Location: St. Andrews Posts: 512 |
So where's the easiest and best place to fit the supplemental earth |
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27th Dec 2012 9:44 pm |
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