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windshield wipers come on when I go into Cruise Control.
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fasteddie7
Active Member
Take a good look at the environment when that’s happening I had a buddy who had a specific pattern on the wall in his garage and he kept making service appointments because the wipers would go on every time he went into the garage turns out the pattern on the wall trick the vehicle into thinking it was rain. He covered up the patterns on the wall, one day and pulled in, and it didn’t happen..
BigNick
Infamous Fat Sweaty Guy
It could be anything. I think it may have something to do with the type or the aim of headlights on the oncoming vehicles, but I could be way off.
Just another reason it's a fool's errand IMO to try to use cameras for all functions when sensors do the job 100% reliably.
Your cameras can deceive you. Don't trust them.
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
The light pattern there probably looks like rain to the camera. The only thing that can be tried that sometimes work is thorough cleaning of the glass in front of the cameras both inside and outside the glass. There could be dust or water marks that makes things worse.
I think too much credit is given to "cleaning the glass." Assuming one is keeping their car relatively clean, there normally isn't enough to affect this. I have seen zero difference between when my car is dirty and when it has just been cleaned: and of late, I always "polish" in front of the camera with a lint-free cloth after a car wash.
And the likelihood of the INSIDE getting dirty is close to nil: that glass is in a protected (though not sealed) environment and unless the driver is a smoker, there's not a whole lot that can cause the inside of the windshield to get dirty in front of the camera.
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
There's been reported cases where cleaning those areas drastically improves performance.
There's a case right on this thread just from last week!
windshield wipers come on when I go into Cruise Control.
Someone on here posted that there were water or road oil spots on their windshield even after a wash and when the sun or a light hit it just right, the water/oil spots would show and "trick" the camera into thinking there was water in the windshield. They used a chemical guys windshield compound...
teslamotorsclub.com
It's not necessarily dirt, it's water marks or it can be some dust. Shining a bright light at an angle usually can show if there are marks. Some people have been able to get Tesla to cover cleaning the inside under warranty.
I have seen no other trick that is quite as effective.
It doesn't work for every case obviously, but it's something that can be tried.
I have the same issue with my brand new M3P. Erratic wiper behaviour when CC is engaged. VERY annoying and disappointing. I hope extra cleaning of the camera area will help but whats the use of having wipers switch to auto if they can't succeed in cleaning the camera area ? They simply goo wild.
Same issue here, just bought a Tesla Model Y, love the car but the auto wipers when I turn on cruise control is ridiculous. The wipers don't reach where the camera is anyway so that excuse is just silly. They should fix this - it's a bug. Even if it's by design, bad design is still a bug.
My workaround is to engage Cruise Control then hold down the left scroll wheel to cause the Quick Actions menu to come up. The windshield wipers are on the list, if you can remember how many down the list it is you can get to it quickly without looking at it, and turn this annoyance off.
My workaround is to engage Cruise Control then hold down the left scroll wheel to cause the Quick Actions menu to come up. The windshield wipers are on the list, if you can remember how many down the list it is you can get to it quickly without looking at it, and turn this annoyance off.
Another way to handle it that I easily developed the muscle memory for this (so I don't need to look at the screen):
- Push the button for a single wipe. This will bring up the wiper mini-window
- Use the left scroll wheel and push left five times (and you can do more) to get to "off"
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
Huh? The wipers very much do reach and wipe where the cameras are on my car.
Well, according to your signature, you have a 3 and the post you are replying to specifically says they have a Y.
Now, I don't know if the wipers don't reach the camera on the Y (TBH, I would be surprised if they didn't), but be mindful of the facts.
fasteddie7
Active Member
When we purchased our x the same thing happened. We requested service and a mobile tech came out and fixed it and now it wipes across. It was a quick fix and I imagine if you put a service request in, they will adjust it for you.
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
I don't see why the Model Y would be any different, the relative placement of the cameras vs windshield is largely the same, as well as the wipe pattern.
A quick Google found they work the same on the Model Y (wipers also wipe the cameras):
You don't have to push five times. Just keep the button pushed and selection will scroll to far left.
So for those insisting that the windshield just needs cleaned, shouldn’t Tesla have ensured that this area was cleaned before we picked our brand new vehicle up?
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
Nope, especially not during quarter end rushes. The reps don't have time to do a very thorough prep of the vehicle. You are expected to check the vehicle and report any issues. If you are taking a truck delivery, the car is even just dropped off directly.
I just put in a service request today after the fiasco driving home when my wipers were on Auto driving in heavy rain and then they just decided to stop working. Which left me blind traveling along a wet road at 50 miles an hour. I'm pretty pissed right now but the service appointment decided that I had to drive down to the service center an hour from here instead of the rep coming to me which I greatly prefer. I have tried calling the service center but I never get through to anyone I've waited over an hour on hold and finally given up. They're very nice when I actually go there but it's just a pain in the patootie. Honestly it would have been really easy to have an accident in those conditions and Tesla would have somehow blamed me anyway.
Separate but related topic. I bought the car thinking that the autopilot would be far better than any of my ice or my previous plug-in hybrid car but in fact especially because of all the recent software updates, autopilot requires more work to have it on than just to drive myself like I did 20 years ago with an old Vega. The whole point of autopilot is not to have to sit there on the edge of your seat hovering and hyper watching everything the car is doing because it's going to suddenly veer off the road having some kind of inner freak out because they've removed the hardware that was needed to operate properly. To say the car is a disappointment is an understatement I feel like they've really gone off the track but I most of all think it should have basic safety protocol like Auto wipers that freaking work properly and don't shut off in the middle of a rainstorm traveling down the road at 50 miles an hour.
And if anyone's going to berate me for not knowing this or that or the other thing I mean I'll appreciate the information but these things shouldn't be so difficult to figure out especially when it comes down to basic human safety. Grrrr
Are you saying the wipers didn't work at all even in manual mode? We all know the "auto" feature is crap at the moment. It's supposedly getting fixed with some new neural net Musk keeps talking about. As far as Autopilot goes, I find the new FSD far superior to standard Autopilot on the highway. All the phantom braking and most of the other weirdness near entrance ramps seems fixed.
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