Rain sensors work FLAWLESS!

[Joe F]

More test is needed. For all you rain-x users, have you noticed if the water is running off the windshield then the wipers don't come on as often at highway speeds?

I plan on a test later this week, posted here.

 

[CharlieLab]

50.3 worked perfectly in the north east blizzard as well. Perfect swipe with the snow. I would argue much better than the dedicated rain sensor in my Porsche.

 

[Big John]

Worked well today for me. Of course I realized you have to turn them ON first. I bought my X in September and today was the first time I ever used my window wipers!!! Such is life in the SoCal high desert.

 

[CameronB]

Also used them at night and they worked really well.

I had told my wife about this “sexy new feature” days before she saw it in action. Of course I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek as automatic wipers are pretty standard stuff.

But it must have tickled her because 2 days later when we were driving at night and a light drizzle started and the wipers came on automatically and made a single swipe, clearing the small amount of water off the windshield, and then falling silent and still, she just said, “sexy!”

 

[beths11]

Rain sensing wipers worked great...too cool.

 

[BigMskiman]

AutoWipers work really great in daylight. Just had a drive through a sparse, dimly-lit rural road at night though and they didn't do much. Not too big of a surprise, probably, as cameras need, you know, light, to function. But there you go.

Agree. I did notice oncoming traffic headlights at night freeway driving, was often enough to keep autowipe active.

 

[CarbonFree]

I tried the beta and then disabled it. It is not accurate in light rain. There's a reason it took so long and remains beta.

 

[Mjølner]

I tried the beta and then disabled it. It is not accurate in light rain. There's a reason it took so long and remains beta.

Totally agree.

 

[jddssc121]

tried it over the course of two days worth of rain. In moderate to heavy rain it's great. In light rain/mist, it sucks.

 

[Tom Kilroy]

Mine worked fine in the rain, but yesterday they swiped in my very dry and dark garage so I turned them off. Anyone else noticed that?

 

[d21mike]

Mine worked fine in the rain, but yesterday they swiped in my very dry and dark garage so I turned them off. Anyone else noticed that?

Yes. Multiple times. So since it seldom rains here in Southern California I will just leave them off on the stock.

 

[Xtek]

Turned it on, then went to visit You You Xue in Bellevue, WA. They were so bad in the Seattle rain I had to turn them off. Got to the point where I couldn't see anything.

 

[gearchruncher]

Mine failed to work on the way to the mountains in the road mist yesterday, and then swiped hours later when it was completely dry.

I have a 15 year old BMW that has never once missed rain or triggered unexpectedly, and the Tesla did it twice in one day.

 

[wallstguy]

Wouldn’t call it “flawless” but overall, a welcomed update! - not as great with snow as it is with rain. Sometimes setting 1 is too sensitive, at other times even setting 2 is not sensitive enough