Wiper speed

[Vickiesa]

Newbie question about wipers.
I tried the wipers when it was raining on auto lo and auto high and they weren’t very sensitive to the rain actually impeding my view. It only really worked when I switched to the continuous low or high speed. Is it just my car or is this normal?

I also don’t have a windshield wiper fluid empty error but nothing comes out. I’m guessing that maybe they forgot to fill up the fluid when I received delivery…. But they why no warning i on the sensor display?

 

[Lucken]

Every car I've ever owned has variable success with auto wipers. Some days or some rain events everything seems to work perfectly. Other days the sensing detection seem slow and necessitates intervention by using continuous settings. So I don't think this issue is unique to Lucid, I just think it's endemic to rain sensing wipers in general.

 

[borski]

Re: fluid; see this thread: https://lucidowners.com/threads/cant-fill-up-windshield-wiper-fluid-reservoir.10735/

 

[fisheral]

I absolutely love this car but this is one of my pet peeves. Honestly I sometimes lean towards taking my wife's car in the rain because the wiper speed can be so frustrating. Maybe it's a personal thing but I'm really sensitive to the perfect wiper speed.

Also the wipers get smeary very quickly compared to other cars I've had. Normally I would keep a few packs of blade inserts and, if cleaning didn't fix them, pop a new set in every few months as needed, but no dice here.

 

[borski]

I absolutely love this car but this is one of my pet peeves. Honestly I sometimes lean towards taking my wife's car in the rain because the wiper speed can be so frustrating. Maybe it's a personal thing but I'm really sensitive to the perfect wiper speed.

Also the wipers get smeary very quickly compared to other cars I've had. Normally I would keep a few packs of blade inserts and, if cleaning didn't fix them, pop a new set in every few months as needed, but no dice here.

Service should happily sell you some blade inserts.

 

[fisheral]

Service should happily sell you some blade inserts.

Do I just ask for them at my next service or can they be shipped?

 

[borski]

Do I just ask for them at my next service or can they be shipped?

I imagine you’d ask at your next service, but I don’t know; I haven’t ever needed to do it.

Call service and ask.

 

[par11768]

Try cleaning the wipers with some alcohol on a cloth or paper towel to remove any oil or grease. This works until the blades wear out.

 

[Westcory]

The wiper sensor is better than the ‘23 and newer Tesla’s but worse than the older Tesla’s and BMWs. What compounds this issue is the the one cheap part of the interior that I’ve found is the wiper button on the end of the stock. Not the most tactile button ever.

 

[WildRide47]

Newbie question about wipers.
I tried the wipers when it was raining on auto lo and auto high and they weren’t very sensitive to the rain actually impeding my view. It only really worked when I switched to the continuous low or high speed. Is it just my car or is this normal?

I also don’t have a windshield wiper fluid empty error but nothing comes out. I’m guessing that maybe they forgot to fill up the fluid when I received delivery…. But they why no warning i on the sensor display?

You are not alone when it comes to the intermittent wipers. The sensitivity is off when it comes to light rain. I find myself pressing the button on the stalk frequently to clear my windshield.

 

[Vickiesa]

Very inconvenient, especially living in Seattle .

 

[Vickiesa]

Re: fluid; see this thread: https://lucidowners.com/threads/cant-fill-up-windshield-wiper-fluid-reservoir.10735/

Would the wipers be clogged in a brand new car a couple is days old?

 

[borski]

Would the wipers be clogged in a brand new car a couple is days old?

I have no idea. It’s probably just too cold for that fluid, or it needs to be primed.

 

[niejelow]

When are they going to fix the wiper rain sensor?????

 

[Blue Lectroid]

When are they going to fix the wiper rain sensor?????

Granted I’ve only driven my car in the rain four times since picking it up two weeks ago, but the auto wipers have been flawless.

 

[1shah]

Last week, I also noted that auto-high setting is not speedy enough to deal with the heavy rains - I ended up using the manual button.

 

[gavram]

My Audi, Porsche & Acura all have great rain sensing wipers. When I purchased a '22 Tesla I was really surprised at how bad the rain sensors were. Lucid is better than the Tesla, but not nearly as good as the other cars, some of which are older. Is there a different sensor being used for EV's?

 

[Vickiesa]

I had a 2016 Model S and the wiper sensors were great.

I’m in the northwest so there’s lots of rain.

I’ve also been getting errors for my LIDAR saying that I need to clean them but they are clean. I’ve read that rain can do that too.

Hopefully they can fix it with an update?

 

[borski]

I had a 2016 Model S and the wiper sensors were great.

I’m in the northwest so there’s lots of rain.

I’ve also been getting errors for my LIDAR saying that I need to clean them but they are clean. I’ve read that rain can do that too.

Hopefully they can fix it with an update?

The LiDAR issue happens to all of us in the rain for now. It doesn’t actually affect functionality at the moment, it seems.

 

[Blue Lectroid]

I had a 2016 Model S and the wiper sensors were great.

I’m in the northwest so there’s lots of rain.

I’ve also been getting errors for my LIDAR saying that I need to clean them but they are clean. I’ve read that rain can do that too.

Hopefully they can fix it with an update?

Early Tesla cars had a high quality, dedicated rain sensor. At some point after 2015 (but before 2018) they switched (to save money -- probably $10 or so) to using the cameras to determine wiper speed. Anyone who has owned a Tesla since knows how well that worked out. My 2018 M3P was horrible with auto wipers. Then, at times, it would get better with software updates -- only to get worse again with the next software update. There was never any rhyme or reason to why their sensing was appropriate or inappropriate...

Thus far, I find the Lucid to do a MUCH more consistent job in this area...of course given my prior experience, the bar is not high!