Windshield wipers Rain sensor to intermittent

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xarthan

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• Feb 22, 2010

• #1

Anyone know if you can change the rain sensor to intermittent?

Daytime they work alright, night time not so much. Always there's like too water on the windshield and I have to manually wipe it. Getting kinda annoying.

 

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SeCX-9

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2016 Mazda CX-9 Signature

• Feb 22, 2010

• #2

xarthan said:

Anyone know if you can change the rain sensor to intermittent?

Daytime they work alright, night time not so much. Always there's like too water on the windshield and I have to manually wipe it. Getting kinda annoying.

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Well, the setting is either on, intermittent or automatic.

There is a sensitivity setting for rain sensor mode and the way to set it is right in the user manual. Open the book or download the manual from the Mazda Owners site.

 

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xarthan

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• Feb 23, 2010

• #3

SeCX-9 said:

Well, the setting is either on, intermittent or automatic.

There is a sensitivity setting for rain sensor mode and the way to set it is right in the user manual. Open the book or download the manual from the Mazda Owners site.

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er what? I don't have an intermittent mode.

Manual - Off - Auto (Rain Sensor) - Low - High is what i see.

yeah my rain senor sensitivity is on high already and it don't work well at night, hence my original posting.

 

ceric

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2022 CX-5 Turbo

• Feb 23, 2010

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There is no intermittent mode with Auto Rain-sensing.

Make sure you turn the sensitivity adjuster downward (+) to make it more sensitive.
However, I found the difference is really not that much.

Anyhow, I am happy with mine. I actually leave it in the middle position.

 

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xarthan

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• Feb 23, 2010

• #5

ceric said:

There is no intermittent mode with Auto Rain-sensing.

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Yes, I was wondering if there was some way to modify the rain mode so it can be Intermittent instead


and i just saw I ment to post this in electronics, not engine -_-

 

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mihalis

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• Mar 2, 2010

• #6

use rain x. I had the rain sensing wipers on my BMW, they worked awesome with rain x. I recommend you do the same.

 

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Going_Going_Gon

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• Mar 2, 2010

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mihalis said:

use rain x. I had the rain sensing wipers on my BMW, they worked awesome with rain x. I recommend you do the same.

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I could not clean my Rain-X treated windows and mirrors without substantial streaking; so when I saw an ad for a new glass cleaner, Invisible Glass, I bought it in the spray bottle (approx. $7). Works just like Rain-X, but it absolutely does not streak like Rain-X does.

 

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xarthan

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• Mar 9, 2010

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i just tried rainx and WOW such a huge difference, can't belive I forgot about it. I had it on the previous car. Now I have it on the lowest setting and it's like having it on the highest setting without rainx, just gotta test it at night now.