I know that this is discussed elsewhere. I now have two days, Friday and Monday, while driving in various rain conditions where the wiper worked flawlessly. Not once did I have to intervene and use any of the manual options. I am on software version V9.0 (2019.8.5) with a RWD LR Model 3. Progress!
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Auto Wipers Worked!
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They have occasionally worked. But there are so many different conditions they need to work before I give it a thumbs up.
Light rain on poorly lit roads are tough.
Modest to heavy rain during good lighting always worked.
I have not seen a bug fixed in 6 months yet.
I have 8.5 but not driven it much yet. We’ll see.
Light rain on poorly lit roads are tough.
Modest to heavy rain during good lighting always worked.
I have not seen a bug fixed in 6 months yet.
I have 8.5 but not driven it much yet. We’ll see.
Understood. It has been very random in the past. What got my attention is that it work on two consecutive days. Friday way light misting rain from twilight to after sunset. Today was moderate to heavy rain during the day. Both days it handled the changing rain conditions without issues including swiping just after I got hit by truck over spray from on coming traffic.
I have not used auto wipers for a long time because they were just not acceptable before. I recently gave it another try and the improvement is tremendous. They actually work well now.
Same goes for automatic high beams. A huge improvement since I turned them off a while back for not working too well. Now I have them on and they actually work better then my BMW.
Same goes for automatic high beams. A huge improvement since I turned them off a while back for not working too well. Now I have them on and they actually work better then my BMW.
afty
Member
I'm on 2019.8.3 and the wipers turn on in my garage for no reason. But outside they work pretty well.
WileyTheMan
Peanut Gallery Member
Unfortunately I haven't seen any significant difference when I was moved to 8.5. Wipers still on occasion start going on like mad when I first get in the car (no water there), and still wait too long with water on the windshield.
Nix Alba
Member
Yesterday I drove through a very heavy downpour. The auto wipers worked ok, but not great. I'd still have to intervene from time to time. This morning, after sitting in the garage for over 12 hours, the first thing that happened is that the wipers ran at full speed (on dry glass) for about 5 seconds. That's not the first time such an event has occurred.
ProphetM
Member
I really would like it if they updated the left scroll wheel to include wiper adjustment. Make it so that when you pressed the single wipe button, the scroll wheel would temporarily switch focus from volume to the wipers for maybe 4 seconds, and then you could scroll to cycle from auto up through the different speeds.
Leafdriver333
Somewhat Active Member
I have it. Been a lot of rain out East the past week. I found that I had to manually wipe the windshield before the auto wiper kicked on virtually 100% of the time. A few times my vision was getting seriously impaired while I waited. IMHO the feature still needs work.
puckpurnell
Member
There's a lot of variability in terms of how often the wipers turn on and what people determine as low visibility or not. If you don't like the auto version, switch it to continuous slow or intermittent slow, as per pg. 55 of the manual. Tesla recommends the first 4 non-AUTO settings while the AUTO version is still in BETA. Until it's not, try to chill.
Knightshade
Well-Known Member
The idea is you shouldn't need to ever touch the controls (other than "off" for a car wash)
The missing piece is they keep trying to make auto work with just vision in order to save $2 per car not putting in a real rain sensor.
It seems like when you get to the details of everything that is quite screwed up about Tesla, it falls squarely on Elon's shoulders.
1) Elon was the person who made the edict that they would not use a standard rain sensor. I don't believe the wipers will ever work right. And to the folks that claim they work now: you are indeed a lucky and select few. They are garbage here in the Pacific Northwest (I am running 2019.20.2.1).
2) Elon was the person that said that an industrial rated display would be fine for their purposes, rather than an automotive rated display - and we are now saddled with the yellow ring of death on S and X displays.
3) Elon dictated that LIDAR would not be used, yet the TACC and autopilot continues to have serious flaws with detecting phantom objects that slam on the brakes. I don't believe we'll ever reach reliable autopilot, much less FSD, with the current camera-based edict-driven approach.
4) Elon is also apparently the person that has created an environment of high turnover which is ALWAYS a sign there is something very wrong at the top.
Yes, he is a visionary, yes he is brilliant, but is becoming clearer and clearer that he has some flaws that trickle down to the company and us owners. Time for a change?
1) Elon was the person who made the edict that they would not use a standard rain sensor. I don't believe the wipers will ever work right. And to the folks that claim they work now: you are indeed a lucky and select few. They are garbage here in the Pacific Northwest (I am running 2019.20.2.1).
2) Elon was the person that said that an industrial rated display would be fine for their purposes, rather than an automotive rated display - and we are now saddled with the yellow ring of death on S and X displays.
3) Elon dictated that LIDAR would not be used, yet the TACC and autopilot continues to have serious flaws with detecting phantom objects that slam on the brakes. I don't believe we'll ever reach reliable autopilot, much less FSD, with the current camera-based edict-driven approach.
4) Elon is also apparently the person that has created an environment of high turnover which is ALWAYS a sign there is something very wrong at the top.
Yes, he is a visionary, yes he is brilliant, but is becoming clearer and clearer that he has some flaws that trickle down to the company and us owners. Time for a change?
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My new Tesla's auto-wipers suck. They are slow to start when rain starts, and they don't function at the rate they should.
Having to look at the touch screen in order to press two buttons while driving in the rain is really not a great experience to control the wipers.
Minimalist interior is mostly fine, but the left stick should have auto/manual/speed wiper controls on it.
Having to look at the touch screen in order to press two buttons while driving in the rain is really not a great experience to control the wipers.
Minimalist interior is mostly fine, but the left stick should have auto/manual/speed wiper controls on it.
