Automatic Wipers...

**ope126** · 24-09-2009, 10:31 PM

If you refer to your owners manual it will give you an explanation!

It does this when you turn the ignition off, to help preserve the blade / rubber it moves / settles in different positions...

**Grover** · 24-09-2009, 10:35 PM

Well I'll be a dead chook!... Thanks for the info. Put away superglue... read owner's manual more thoroughly!

**Grover** · 25-09-2009, 07:49 AM

I do believe you (as it does make perfect sense) but I could not find this anywhere in the owner's manual. I read the windscreen wiper section a couple of times and could only see the bit about the "service position" which of course is a different thing.

**Yevvy** · 25-09-2009, 12:34 PM

smthing to do with aerodynamics as well i think...mk5s got the same

**Ozram** · 25-09-2009, 01:15 PM

Don't know if its related but when I use my washers on my 05 Caddy it wipes 3 times and then waits for 20 seconds or so and then wipes once more. In between the two wiping actions the N/S wiper sits higher on the screen and then returns to the proper rest position once the last wipe is finished.

**gregozedobe** · 25-09-2009, 06:35 PM

No, that's a different function again. IIRC its called "tear drop wipe" or somesuch, and it is designed to clear up those last few drops remaining from the washers.

**SLA14h** · 26-09-2009, 07:03 AM

Is it so that a parking cop can slip a ticket under that wiper without causing damage to the bonnet?

**jausho** · 26-09-2009, 04:47 PM

As everyone has said ... It does it little movement thing every time you switch it off to preserve the wiper blades.

However - when the car's switched on and in motion, I've noticed that if you have the wipers switched to OFF then they'll sit higher on the windscreen, being visible (until you're at freeway speeds) than if you have them switched to AUTO. In the AUTO position they'll always tuck themselves away out of view when not in use.

**J-Tim** · 26-09-2009, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by gregozedobe

No, that's a different function again. IIRC its called "tear drop wipe" or somesuch, and it is designed to clear up those last few drops remaining from the washers.

Yeah, we've had that on our old 10yo SAAB. It's very useful.