Gave up on Autopilot, is Cruise Control next?

[PassingLane]

Today, cruise control just randomly shut off. No reason given. Multi lane highway, normal traffic and good weather.

And, every time I reactivate cruise, the windshield wipers come on and won’t turn off. Sheesh.

Anyone know how to fix this problem? I’ve reset the car and cruise is working again but the windshield wipers start up every time I activate cruise control. No, it’s not raining lol.

 

[Jangy]

Check the front camera area. It is trying to wipe for a reason. I'm not saying that it is functioning correctly, but it would help if you analytically tried to figure it out instead of just calling it broken.

 

[Darscot]

It's accurate to say the wipers are broken, Tesla likes to play a game with every update. They either dry wipe or they don't wipe when it's pouring. I think they just flip a coin.

 

[bluenycom]

Today, cruise control just randomly shut off. No reason given. Multi lane highway, normal traffic and good weather.

And, every time I reactivate cruise, the windshield wipers come on and won’t turn off. Sheesh.

Anyone know how to fix this problem? I’ve reset the car and cruise is working again but the windshield wipers start up every time I activate cruise control. No, it’s not raining lol.

It happened to me a handful of times. I just ignored it for what felt like eternity, but it seemed to re-calibrated itself after that.

 

[EVRider-FL]

The fact that TACC turned off and the wipers are misbehaving more than usual might indicate an issue with your front camera. Make sure to clean that area of the windshield, and if the problem persists, schedule a service appointment.

 

[KenC]

Yep, check to see if there's bird poop in front of the camera.

 

[CKwik240]

Perhaps it might be worth checking to see if the front camera is working properly. Try saving video and view it to see if it's showing an image correctly. A bad front camera caused some strange behavior in my car last year, but wasn't immediately apparent to me as the from camera image isn't displayed anywhere during normal driving. In my case, it stopped displaying speed limits, the auto headlights stayed on even during the day, and the side repeaters also were not functioning. Replacing the front camera resolved all of the issues. I did not try cruise or autopilot, but I would imagine it would cause some issues...

 

[PassingLane]

It happened to me a handful of times. I just ignored it for what felt like eternity, but it seemed to re-calibrated itself after that.

So far so good. About 2 hrs into the return journey. Windshield wipers keep wiping though.

 

[PassingLane]

Check the front camera area. It is trying to wipe for a reason. I'm not saying that it is functioning correctly, but it would help if you analytically tried to figure it out instead of just calling it broken.

I’m really not the the best person to debug Tesla issues but I’ll give it a try. I thought the rain sensor was in the rear-view mirror pod?

 

[PassingLane]

The fact that TACC turned off and the wipers are misbehaving more than usual might indicate an issue with your front camera. Make sure to clean that area of the windshield, and if the problem persists, schedule a service appointment.

Will do

 

[PassingLane]

Yep, check to see if there's bird poop in front of the camera.

Or birds. I once had a bird try to fly through my front grill on another car. Didn’t end well for it.

 

[EVRider-FL]

I’m really not the the best person to debug Tesla issues but I’ll give it a try. I thought the rain sensor was in the rear-view mirror pod?

There’s no rain sensor in a Model 3, it uses the front camera.

 

[RayK]

There’s no rain sensor in a Model 3, it uses the front camera.

Which is in the rear view mirror pod. If that's what the OP means by saying what the rear view mirror attaches to on the windshield.

I believe when you activate Autopilot/Autosteer, the wipers are automatically put into the Auto mode. If there's something on the windshield in front of the cameras, the car will turn the wipers on to try to get rid of it.

 

[enemji]

Today, cruise control just randomly shut off. No reason given. Multi lane highway, normal traffic and good weather.

And, every time I reactivate cruise, the windshield wipers come on and won’t turn off. Sheesh.

Anyone know how to fix this problem? I’ve reset the car and cruise is working again but the windshield wipers start up every time I activate cruise control. No, it’s not raining lol.

Of course cruise will not work on this

 

[PassingLane]

Which is in the rear view mirror pod. If that's what the OP means by saying what the rear view mirror attaches to on the windshield.

I believe when you activate Autopilot/Autosteer, the wipers are automatically put into the Auto mode. If there's something on the windshield in front of the cameras, the car will turn the wipers on to try to get rid of it.

Yes, that's what I meant.