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

[chinney]

Tesla finally lets you fully control windshield wipers from the steering wheel

Also, automatic wiper system is getting better soon.

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I think that the multi-controls on a the single scroll wheel are a bit complex, at least for me, to operate accurately in a pinch. But maybe I will give it a try.

I will be looking forward to seeing the results of Tesla’s latest attempt to improve the auto wiper function. Actually, my recent experiences with it have not been too bad. Not great, but not bad either. And I appreciate that they continue to try to improve it.

 

[Candleflame]

Tesla finally lets you fully control windshield wipers from the steering wheel

Also, automatic wiper system is getting better soon.

test.mashable.com

I think that the multi-controls on a the single scroll wheel are a bit complex, at least for me, to operate accurately in a pinch. But maybe I will give it a try.

I will be looking forward to seeing the results of Tesla’s latest attempt to improve the auto wiper function. Actually, my recent experiences with it have not been too bad. Not great, but not bad either. And I appreciate that they continue to try to improve it.

what we really need are two scrollwheels on either side.

 

[BayAreaCelt]

what we really need are two scrollwheels on either side.

What we need are fecking control stalks like normal cars ffs.. like indicators and wipers, and on either side. And a horn in the normal fexking place

 

[Occhis]

Well looks like we’re finally getting headlights on with wipers in version 26.x

 

[john5520]

I haven't gone back through the thread (or maybe it was another thread), but someone had mentioned the scroll wheel as a possible option for controlling the wipers. Well, you got your wish, and I'll take it! The geek in me still looks forward to updates like these.

 

[Candleflame]

What we need are fecking control stalks like normal cars ffs.. like indicators and wipers, and on either side. And a horn in the normal fexking place

i personally hate a million stalks. I also hate cruise control stalks. always preferred a Cruise control button....

 

[chinney]

I never particularly liked stalk controls for wipers, but have not been all that fond Tesla's controls either. I have not tried the latest iteration of the Tesla controls, with the scroll-wheel option, but my initial feeling is that it might be a bit finicky. I could think of improvements that Tesla could make on its centre-screen wiper controls - that would be my solution (as well as improvements in the auto-wiper functionality).

 

[Occhis]

Yeah you still need to watch the screen while changing wiper speed with scroll wheel until you get accustomed to the feel of it. Also need to set wipers as default in the scroll wheel settings.

 

[rjpjnk]

I just want a car that reads my mind and does the right thing.

 

[Occhis]

Neural interface!

 

[CharleyBC]

I forget. Didn't they enable wiper voice commands a while back? "Wipers level two" or some such thing. If not, well, ...

 

[alstoralset]

They did enable voice commands, but I find that voice commands in general work only about 70% of the time due to connection errors (though it's able to stream Spotify and update the map just fine when this happens).

Also, the voice commands are counterintuitive: IIRC saying "wipers up" decreases the wiper speed.

 

[KArnold]

My wipers work well for my preferences 99.9% of the time without intervention. No.button, no stalk needed.

 

[Need]

After 5 years owning the car, I still don't understand why auto wiper goes into max speed when in reverse. In SoCal where it rarely rains, I thought the auto setting was "okay" unless it is misting. Then it would rarely wipe when the mist starts to build up on the windshield. I just need to press the manual wipe once in a while. However, every time I back into my driveway, the wipe would go crazy fast (max speed I think) when I don't even need to see out of my front windshield. It's still doing that this year. The only thing I could think of is that when the car is in reverse, the back camera is completely blocked by water, so the car thinks if it speeds up the wipers, it will clear it up?

 

[dusty22]

Yeah you still need to watch the screen while changing wiper speed with scroll wheel until you get accustomed to the feel of it. Also need to set wipers as default in the scroll wheel settings.

They must have changed something because I can now bring up the wiper controls by pressing the button on the end of the stalk and then set wiper speed by pressing the left scroll wheel right or left. There is no longer a need to set a default in the scroll wheel settings.

 

[Occhis]

Didn’t know that was a thing. That’s a much more intuitive way to do it.

 

[kpanda17]

Big improvement with 20.7/20.8
Very close to perfecr

 

[chinney]

That does sound better. Look forward to trying it.

 

[SylvainG]

i personally hate a million stalks. I also hate cruise control stalks. always preferred a Cruise control button....

Having bought a Prius Prime to complement our Tesla, I truly agree. I hate that cruise control stick! Especially since it turns with the steering wheel!

 

[SylvainG]

Big improvement with 20.7/20.8
Very close to perfecr

I whish though the wipers would delay start instead of as soon as you push the scroll wheel. This would allow me to move it from Auto to slow intermittent without having them going berserk as soon as I push the scroll wheel.