MASTER THREAD: Auto Wiper functionality, complaints, praise, etc.

[chinney]

Wiper sensitivity higher/lower voice command

Thanks, but I was not talking about adjusting the wiper sensitivity in auto mode - although if that actually is available, it would be a good addition too - but I was referring to a need for greater intermittent manual adjustability.

Re my own speculation about Tesla having done a recent software update to improve the wipers' accuracy in auto mode, it seems that this is just what they did. See below. So maybe the improvement is not just my imagination.

Tesla 2021.4.15.5 software update adds input from all cameras to help improve rain-sensing wiper performance

Maybe that change will help the Tesla auto wiper functionality go from zero to hero. I look forward to further testing it out. Even it the new improved auto function is golden, however, I would still want more granular, and easier, manual adjustability.

 

[Occhis]

Wiper sensitivity higher/lower voice command

Is this a valid voice command? I’ll have to give it a try.

 

[iwannam3]

Is this a valid voice command? I’ll have to give it a try.

It's on my wish list. Simple, solves it for everyone and every weather condition.

 

[Gasaraki]

Thanks, but I was not talking about adjusting the wiper sensitivity in auto mode - although if that actually is available, it would be a good addition too - but I was referring to a need for greater intermittent manual adjustability.

Re my own speculation about Tesla having done a recent software update to improve the wipers' accuracy in auto mode, it seems that this is just what they did. See below. So maybe the improvement is not just my imagination.

Tesla 2021.4.15.5 software update adds input from all cameras to help improve rain-sensing wiper performance

Maybe that change will help the Tesla auto wiper functionality go from zero to hero. I look forward to further testing it out. Even it the new improved auto function is golden, however, I would still want more granular, and easier, manual adjustability.

No I don't think so. Tried auto again for a bit this past weekend. Speed went to 3 for a light drizzle. No thank you.

 

[Pagemakers]

I’m on 2021.4.18.2 which is a few versions on from that quoted above and the auto wipers are still pants. Genuinely, I don’t think they will ever get fixed. If it was the case they’d be working flawlessly by now.

 

[mewantcookiez]

Had to change over to manual settings each day over the past few days of heavy rain here. The wipers either didn’t come on in time, or were extremely slow. Complete garbage and the worst part of the car by far.

 

[chinney]

Is this a valid voice command? I’ll have to give it a try.

I did finally give it a try, and the answer is "yes" but also, more to the point, "no".

"Yes" my Model 3 does respond to the "Wiper sensitivity higher [or "lower"]" voice command, but "no" this command does not adjust the sensitivity of the auto wipe function - which is what we all wanted - but only uses voice to turn the manual wiper control up or down a notch. I.e., it is the equivalent to the "increase [or "decrease"] wiper speed" voice command. So it adds nothing. Sigh.

 

[VivekDr]

I would leave it on auto regardless

 

[Needsdecaf]

It's on my wish list. Simple, solves it for everyone and every weather condition.

It only solves it if the feature you’re selecting actually works.

which apparently it still doesn’t.

 

[Wildcat84]

I have to say that my experience with Auto Wipers hasn't been that horrible thus far. I spent this last week in Western KY and had a few days of rain. In my experience the Auto Wipers worked as expected 90% of the time. I did find it handles the slow, spitting rain poorly, but I find that one a difficult one for myself as well, since the rain doesn't seem to come down in a definable pattern in that situation.

There a were a few times the wipers came on later than I would've turned them on, but it wasn't so much later that I was concerned.

Just my two cents on it.

 

[Phlier]

I have to say that my experience with Auto Wipers hasn't been that horrible thus far. I spent this last week in Western KY and had a few days of rain. In my experience the Auto Wipers worked as expected 90% of the time. I did find it handles the slow, spitting rain poorly, but I find that one a difficult one for myself as well, since the rain doesn't seem to come down in a definable pattern in that situation.

There a were a few times the wipers came on later than I would've turned them on, but it wasn't so much later that I was concerned.

Just my two cents on it.

Nice car.

 

[chinney]

My own view - following up on my post above on this page - is that the auto function has definitely improved. It is not perfect - far from it - but it is at least ok and definitely usable.

 

[Pagemakers]

Just tried again in very light rain/drizzle and they are as useless as ever in my 3.

 

[euro.r]

I would leave it on auto regardless

I'm doing that too...for now. It's really starting to annoy me though. Wipers just turn on to level 3 all of a sudden while the sun is shining bright.

 

[Howie_zhang]

I just got my model 3 delivery yesterday and found the wipers are not working well. When I switch it to auto, it may start wiping even though there is no rain at all. It can also start to wipe very often when I am using autolipot, and I can't switch it to off. Anyone has similar problem?

 

[Kevy Baby]

I'm doing that too...for now. It's really starting to annoy me though. Wipers just turn on to level 3 all of a sudden while the sun is shining bright.

When I leave them on auto, they will ALWAYS trigger in the exact same spot (+/- 50 feet) on one of the freeways I drive daily as part of my commute. Does this even on a perfectly cloudless day.

 

[iwannam3]

I just got my model 3 delivery yesterday and found the wipers are not working well. When I switch it to auto, it may start wiping even though there is no rain at all. It can also start to wipe very often when I am using autolipot, and I can't switch it to off. Anyone has similar problem?

Switch it to off. RTFM

 

[father_of_6]

Switch it to off. RTFM

I disagree with this... the wipers can be left in "auto" all the time. Mine actually seem to have gotten better since I've owned the vehicle. While in auto, they only trigger when there's actual rain. That said, they still don't match my preferences in many cases and I'd *really* like better manual controls.

 

[Pagemakers]

Is “gotten better” acceptable? Mine are still a heap of “sh1t” in reality.

 

[DrWags]

I have had no problem at all with my wipers on auto. Better then the ones I had in my Mercedes.