TBarney
'17 CX-5 AWD GT Prem. Original owner of 91 Miata.
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- Atlanta metro
Picked up a '17 GT w/ Prem Package a few weeks ago and am still figuring things out, but I think I've got an actual problem here, wondering if anyone else has seen it and possibly has a resolution:
First couple of weeks I had the car, wipers were set to "Rain Sensing = ON" and they worked OK. This is the second car we've had with this feature, and I usually get irritated after a while because they never seem to find the sweet spot. I did notice that they didn't really seem to respond to the sensitivity dial.
Doing some reading here, I figured out that Rain Sensing can be turned OFF, and they'll work like regular intermittent wipers. So the last good rain, I did that.
And that's when the problems started. The wipers now go off randomly. Here are the things I've witnessed:
- Bump the stalk up for single wipe, and the wipers swipe 2-3 times.
- Turn the wipers to Intermittent, on the slowest setting, and the wipers swipe 2-3 times, then pause for a while, then swipe once, then pause for a different period of time, then swipe a couple of times, then pause...it's very random and not at all in any kind of steady rate.
- Twisting the dial for a faster period doesn't seem to change anything.
- Turn the wipers OFF (yes, I'm sure it was the off position) and the wipers swipe 2 times, pause, swipe another 2-3 times, then finally quit.
- Started the car after it sat all day at work, wipers OFF (dry windshield) and the wipers swipe 2 times then stop.
- Been dry since then and the wipers have stayed OFF the last couple of times I've driven.
Don't know if I've got a bad switch, or a bad control unit (FBCU? RBCU?) or some other element. It's not clear to me from the wiring diagrams just where this problem is likely to originate.
I'm out of bumper-to-bumper warranty, so I'll pay for this repair, but I'd rather have some idea what it's going to be, if possible.
I'm really hoping there's just some kind of reset I can do, but I don't know that would be...
Help?
First couple of weeks I had the car, wipers were set to "Rain Sensing = ON" and they worked OK. This is the second car we've had with this feature, and I usually get irritated after a while because they never seem to find the sweet spot. I did notice that they didn't really seem to respond to the sensitivity dial.
Doing some reading here, I figured out that Rain Sensing can be turned OFF, and they'll work like regular intermittent wipers. So the last good rain, I did that.
And that's when the problems started. The wipers now go off randomly. Here are the things I've witnessed:
- Bump the stalk up for single wipe, and the wipers swipe 2-3 times.
- Turn the wipers to Intermittent, on the slowest setting, and the wipers swipe 2-3 times, then pause for a while, then swipe once, then pause for a different period of time, then swipe a couple of times, then pause...it's very random and not at all in any kind of steady rate.
- Twisting the dial for a faster period doesn't seem to change anything.
- Turn the wipers OFF (yes, I'm sure it was the off position) and the wipers swipe 2 times, pause, swipe another 2-3 times, then finally quit.
- Started the car after it sat all day at work, wipers OFF (dry windshield) and the wipers swipe 2 times then stop.
- Been dry since then and the wipers have stayed OFF the last couple of times I've driven.
Don't know if I've got a bad switch, or a bad control unit (FBCU? RBCU?) or some other element. It's not clear to me from the wiring diagrams just where this problem is likely to originate.
I'm out of bumper-to-bumper warranty, so I'll pay for this repair, but I'd rather have some idea what it's going to be, if possible.
I'm really hoping there's just some kind of reset I can do, but I don't know that would be...
Help?