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I have had my G31 for a few months now and noticed that my rain sensor is not sensitive at all, it doesn't wipe during mist or light rain and wipe very slowly during heavy rain. I went to the dealer a few times and they can't do anything because the sensor itself is not broken. Before you ask, It's a brand new car so the windscreen is not replaced. Is there any way to turn up the sensitivity? Or do something about it?? I tired of having to manually turn on the wipers, it defeats the purpose of having AUTO WIPERS! |
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03-05-2019, 11:55 PM | #7 |
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I am not happy with this either, one of the three things I don’t like about my car.
I have played with the sensitivity level and it’s never spot on , either too slow or too fast. Issue is only at low speed by the way, auto wipers work fine at high speed.
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I also think they are too slow at low speed, and some times ridiculously fast when I'm driving ridiculously fast Not sure if speed sensitivity of the wipers can be coded...? |
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My wiper works when I hit the highway, and doesn’t work at all when doing below 80km or 50 miles/h |
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I’m seeing them next Tuesday. It’s so frustrating to have annoying little problems like this in your new car. While we at it, can this app do something about my gesture control as well, the customer gesture is nearly unusable in my car(two finger pointing one), others works better but not 100%. |
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I have never seen anything dealing with gesture control. I have it in my vehicle and never really use it. I believe the sensor is in the rearview mirror unit. |
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I have the same issue as discribed here, but I simply refuse to believe that I have to turn to coding to solve such a common issue. I can only imagine the 80 million Germans have an issue with their 5 series' rainsensor.... And it rains alot in Germany also..... :-)
There has to be some sort of reset somewhere? |
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Gesture control gets a bit used to now I'm nearly 100% hit
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The e39 530d I had back in the early 2000's had almost telepathic wiper activation - it was always perfect.
Every single 5- series since (and I've had e60, f10 and now g30) have been inconsistent. Either does not come on at all or is too aggressive. Not to mention they changed the stalk so you can't just push down for a single swipe without going past the 'auto' click... Once the oil service is out of the way, I'll have a play with BimmerCode, which I have only used for Alpina display so far. |
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I'm in the Scottish Highlands so have all types of rain, optimum performance is definitely dependant on a clean screen above the sensor, so that the rain 'beads' correctly. No coatings, polishes, road grease, etc., if we want auto-wiping to work perfectly. |
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The G30 seems to be more inconsistent than any previous BMW. Plus you can't always get it to do one wipe and properly continue on.
I definitely preferred the older style stalk controls.
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