Rain Sensing Wipers

[aggiegrad05]

I can not, for the life of me, figure out the rain sensing wipers on my ‘18. I have the “rain sensing” box checked in the settings menu on the dash, and I have the stalk on the left turned all the way into AUTO (but not too far)...and I’ve got nothing. I was driving through a blinding rain today and nothing! I had to pull over and switch it out of “rain sensing” onto manual.

Anyone have any idea what I’m doing wrong? Or maybe this is my bug and a dealer repair is in order.

Thanks!!

 

[NNic]

I couldn't figure them out either. Switched mine to manual and left them there

 

[edizzle]

page 85

 

[rcompart]

page 85

Well look at you now Mr. reading the manual! LOL and JK ;-)

The rain sensing has always been hit or miss on these vehicles. It can be misting and spot on with when it needs to wipe one day and week later, it can be misting and haze over completely and the wipers don’t show up for work. Never had it where I had to disable the feature though.

 

[dlcorbett]

I have mines on the lowest wiper setting and they work very well for me, better than my old navs rsw system. I think the sensor for it is near the back of the rearview mirror so any thing near it will partially affect the system. Usually when i start the vehicle and the windshields already wet, i may clear it by turning the switch higher, but as long as it senses droplets hitting the shield, itll clear on its own and adjust accordingly

 

[aggiegrad05]

page 85

I will admit, when you pointed me to the manual my initial response was “well of COURSE I’ve read the manual...I’ve read the damn thing cover to cover twice”. But, I went back and read that section again...

I assumed the sensor was inside the housing attached to the rear view mirror and was flush with the glass. And I therefore assumed my tolltag would not affect it. But the manual clearly says: “The feature uses a rain sensor that is in the area around the interior mirror.” So I bet you I put my tolltag right smack dab in front of the sensor.

I’ll move the tag to the other side and see what happens.

 

[zarga]

I will admit, when you pointed me to the manual my initial response was “well of COURSE I’ve read the manual...I’ve read the damn thing cover to cover twice”. But, I went back and read that section again...

I assumed the sensor was inside the housing attached to the rear view mirror and was flush with the glass. And I therefore assumed my tolltag would not affect it. But the manual clearly says: “The feature uses a rain sensor that is in the area around the interior mirror.” So I bet you I put my tolltag right smack dab in front of the sensor.

I’ll move the tag to the other side and see what happens.

Will be interested to hear if that fixes it. Just to be safe from all this camera/tech stuff, I put my toll sensor down a bit from my mirror so that from the front it looks like it is in the middle of my windshield. My wipers work though, so maybe it's ok.

 

[TxBrian]

I will admit, when you pointed me to the manual my initial response was “well of COURSE I’ve read the manual...I’ve read the damn thing cover to cover twice”. But, I went back and read that section again...

I assumed the sensor was inside the housing attached to the rear view mirror and was flush with the glass. And I therefore assumed my tolltag would not affect it. But the manual clearly says: “The feature uses a rain sensor that is in the area around the interior mirror.” So I bet you I put my tolltag right smack dab in front of the sensor.

I’ll move the tag to the other side and see what happens.

I'm curious to hear what you find.
I noticed yesterday mine weren't kicking on and I wonder if the toll tag is blocking it.

 

[aggiegrad05]

I'm curious to hear what you find.
I noticed yesterday mine weren't kicking on and I wonder if the toll tag is blocking it.

Still nothing. I moved the tolltag but my rain sensing wipers are still convinced it ain’t raining. I ultimately think that will warrant a trip to the Ford house.

 

[J Ski]

Mine work flawlessly on my 16

 

[aggiegrad05]

Mine work flawlessly on my 16

Good! It’s reassuring to know that Ford knows how to build quality products and that mine will be fine once the bug is worked out. Thanks!

 

[Plati]

take it back to dealer for warranty repair?

 

[aggiegrad05]

Well, this morning they decided to start working. Only problem is, I was sitting in my bone-dry garage...HA!

I'll give them a couple more tries and then back they'll go to the dealer to get fixed. I'm not worried about it; in the grand scheme of things that could be going wrong that is really minor.

 

[edizzle]

Well, this morning they decided to start working. Only problem is, I was sitting in my bone-dry garage...HA!

I'll give them a couple more tries and then back they'll go to the dealer to get fixed. I'm not worried about it; in the grand scheme of things that could be going wrong that is really minor.

LOL, of course they did. i dont think it is much to worry about. bad sensor, something plug and play more than likely.

 

[jeff kushner]

Guys, I don't know if your '18s are diff than my '17 but my rain sensing wipers work fine but....they ONLY work on the first click on....after that you engage the standard time delay & each successive click only changes the amount of time like an old style time delay wiper does.

As noted, it can be a bit inconsistent depending on ambient lighting, rain density etc but they generally work very well!

jeff

 

[Garrett]

Yep same with my wife's Jeep. First click engages them, but if you go above, it reverts to standard mode.

 

[aggiegrad05]

It’s similar, but not the same. The first click turns the rain sensing on but then you have a whole range of “sensitivity”. At the high end of the sensitivity spectrum to do get to two high settings which disengage the rain sensing.


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[edizzle]

It’s similar, but not the same. The first click turns the rain sensing on but then you have a whole range of “sensitivity”. At the high end of the sensitivity spectrum to do get to two high settings which disengage the rain sensing.


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Correct

 

[Plati]

So it looks like different years operate differently based on the responses? On my 2014 EL, its all rain sensing levels (sensitivity, intervals) until the highest (or 2) setting which is just fast and ON, rain or no rain. If there is no rain then wipers will stop after one cycle on all settings except the highest (or 2 highest, not sure) setting. You also have to be careful to turn off at night in case its all frozen up the next morning ... for those who park outside.