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Old 03-06-2009, 06:09 PM   #1
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Exclamation Rain sensing wipers.

I had my windshield replaced and after that the rain sensing wiper stopped working or works only intermittently, any idea what could be wrong?
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Old 03-11-2009, 11:47 AM   #2
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I had my windshield replaced and after that the rain sensing wiper stopped working or works only intermittently, any idea what could be wrong?
I believe the rain sensing wiper system uses a different windshield with the sensor as part of the window.
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Old 03-11-2009, 11:54 AM   #3
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^What he said.
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Old 03-11-2009, 12:03 PM   #4
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the widshild is rain sensing capable

The windshild supose to be rain sensing capable and it does work some times sparatically and most of the time it does'nt
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Old 03-11-2009, 12:10 PM   #5
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they probably put the sensor from the broken glass to the new one - will work for about 2 weeks.
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Old 03-11-2009, 12:22 PM   #6
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You are right - It probably worked for few weeks and acting up now. is it something i could replace by my self form underneath the rearview mirror? $$ for the sensor?
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Old 03-11-2009, 12:32 PM   #7
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if the glass was not to oem specs then there is nothing you can do since the sensor "glass" is part of the glass itself
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