See that's definitely weird.. I never have problems when its actually raining and it does ramp up with intensity. But never fails if I'm driving head on towards sunlight if the windshield is dirty, they'll take a few swipes.
-
Want to remove ads? Register an account and login to see fewer ads, and become a Supporting Member to remove almost all ads.
Wipers activating unexpectedly, even on a bright sunny day.
- Thread starter GLM3
- Start date
My wipers also just started running at an intermittent speed every time I turn Autopilot on even though there is no moisture on the windshield. I managed to turn the wipers off using a voice command after three tries. When I tried turning on Autopilot again the wipers started up again. I see from other comments that Autopilot turns wipers to Auto but I had wipers on Auto before I turned Autopilot on and they weren't running then.
Seriously folks, even if you're a Tesla die hard, you have to admit that this is annoying and that Auto Brights don't work.
Seriously folks, even if you're a Tesla die hard, you have to admit that this is annoying and that Auto Brights don't work.
Auto wipers do that. Tesla is the worst in my experience. Neural net sucks on the wipers.
jabloomf1230
Minister of Silly Walks
I don't think that the Tesla autowiper logic is all that complicated. It probably compares successive frames (or maybe every x frames) for changes in visibility. It's a passive system using ambient light. Comparable systems consist of an IR emitter/sensor pair which base wiper speed on dispersion of the IR beam.
Every so often, the Tesla logic misjudges differences between frames. Sometimes, a miniscule amount of spots/dirt on the glass covering the front cameras causes the problem. Other times there's no obvious cause. In any case, Tesla opted for simplicity over reliability.
Every so often, the Tesla logic misjudges differences between frames. Sometimes, a miniscule amount of spots/dirt on the glass covering the front cameras causes the problem. Other times there's no obvious cause. In any case, Tesla opted for simplicity over reliability.
They've literally talked about a 'deep rain' neural network guiding the auto wipers
. Seems pretty complex, yet not that effective unfortunately.They've literally talked about a 'deep rain' neural network guiding the auto wipers
I understand your point about the neural networks, but why all of the sudden when after 2 years of owning the car it has never had the wipers come on when starting autopilot? So many people having similar issues? My wipers literally come on immediately after engaging autopilot even at night.
Do you think a software upgrade had new training that is more sensitive to maybe a speck of dust in the housing or do you think the network needs to be re-trained?
I had my auto wipers start recently on a sunny day. I’ve only owned my MY since Oct and never saw this before. I did have PPF applied to the entire front but don’t recall if this problem was noticed immediately after.
I also think the wiper speed is to fast, not the intermittent setting, just a normal wipe is too fast.
I turned auto wipe off but will try it again since I obtained a couple of updates since.
I also think the wiper speed is to fast, not the intermittent setting, just a normal wipe is too fast.
I turned auto wipe off but will try it again since I obtained a couple of updates since.
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
If your car has Tesla vision enabled it will turn on auto wipers everytime AP is activated. This was only introduced in recent updates. With previous radar based AP, it was possible to keep the wipers off while in AP.
Tesla Vision Autopilot has some interesting new behaviours
As people get more time behind the wheel with the Tesla Vision cars, we are finding they have some interesting new behaviours.
driveteslacanada.ca
A few dry swipes I could handle. Mine do not stop swiping when in autopilot, no matter if it’s day/night. And it’s so random, sometimes just once every 5 seconds sometimes frantically but definitely constantly on a dry windshield when in autopilot. I’ve looked in the housing and don’t see debris. Windshield is clean. Going to try customer support.
For me, with a 30 month old M3, it's only happened the last 6-8 weeks. Not sure what or why they changed anything but it is a huge drawback to running AP, which I do a lot. Please, Tesla, allow me to turn off my own wipers like a responsible adult!
techzelle
Member
This started happening to me, even though the windshield looked clean.
I just cleaned the windshield manually with window cleaner and that fixed the problem.
I just cleaned the windshield manually with window cleaner and that fixed the problem.
Agreed. I drive in autopilot because I use Tesla insurance and autopilot keeps the safely score higher. So I guess for now I’ll deal with the annoyance of wipers wiping dry glass on a sunny day to save a few bucks lol.
Came outside after it rained and car was on auto, it wiped the ran off the windshield and just kept going and going even with no water on the windshield at all and it wasn't even raining. I had to turn it off then re-enabled it and it stopped going.
I think there's some sensitivity issue or code/software issue as it was never this bad.
I think there's some sensitivity issue or code/software issue as it was never this bad.
Thank you for the explanation. The weirdest thing happened yesterday for some reason I was able to to choose the wiper speed while in autopilot. I’ve never been able to do that before, if the car was in autopilot it chooses auto and you can’t switch. I think the car has a mind of its own.If your car has Tesla vision enabled it will turn on auto wipers everytime AP is activated. This was only introduced in recent updates. With previous radar based AP, it was possible to keep the wipers off while in AP.
Tesla Vision Autopilot has some interesting new behaviours
As people get more time behind the wheel with the Tesla Vision cars, we are finding they have some interesting new behaviours.
My car has had two updates since this started and it's still happening. I repeat, my entire windshield is spotless. I was driving to the airport at 0530 and everytime I passed under a light on the highway the wipers cycled on my spotless, dry windshield. I had to try really hard not to get angry while my kids asked why the wipers were going off. Unacceptable and recent, not sure what the software engineers changed but please, please let me turn off wipers on autopilot or fix this bug!!!!
stopcrazypp
Well-Known Member
Windshield being spotless is useless, thorough cleaning of the camera area may be required if it only started happening recently (people have reported that even when it looks clean at a glance, just cleaning it to make sure have solved dry wipe issues). The thing to keep in mind is that the detection only uses the cameras and is not aware of the condition of the windshield (so there are some wiping decisions that don't really help the driver, but only helps the camera).
Last edited:
Similar threads
- Article
