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Old 05-06-2009, 10:20 PM
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Speed sensing wipers -- what am I not understanding?

So -- i have the setting to speed sensing ON...

What position does that wiper speeds have to be in for this to work -- raining like crazy tonight and I don't seem to have any speed variation with interval, low, or fast setting ...

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Old 05-06-2009, 11:49 PM
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i dont recall having this option. plus i hate our wipers, my family toyota sienna's oem wiiper does a much better job. maybe i need new rubber ?
Old 05-06-2009, 11:55 PM
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i've never used the wipers, but i believe that you need to have them them set to intermittent.
Old 05-07-2009, 03:57 AM
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The faster you are driving, the faster they wipe, similar to speed sensitive steering.
Old 05-07-2009, 10:19 AM
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Correct, the speed sensitive wipers adjust according to the intermittent speed setting and the speed of the car. However when I've used my intermittent setting the wipers don't very in speed a whole lot. Kind of a waste if you ask me. I haven't noticed much of a difference depending on speed of the car but it does work.
Old 05-07-2009, 11:23 AM
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didnt even knew the G had this
Old 05-10-2009, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by vINCe_Inc
i dont recall having this option. plus i hate our wipers, my family toyota sienna's oem wiiper does a much better job. maybe i need new rubber ?

My wipers were streaking badly from the factory. The dealer said they'd replace them for free up to 10K miles.
Old 05-10-2009, 10:42 PM
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This feature is enabled/disabled in the controller screen: Start Menus/Settings/Comfort & Convenience/Speed Sensing Wiper Interval. It sounds like you may have it disabled.
Old 05-10-2009, 11:16 PM
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Not sure about you guys, but from the factory my car beads up the water really well and really fast to the point where I hardly ever use my wipers.

As long as I've going 35-40mph+, it just beads all the way up keeping my window clear. It's like I have Rain X on my windshield.

Is our car like the Cayman with the "Hydrophobic" windows/windshield? Since the car pushes so much air over the front hood/windshield, it relies on this to simply "push" the water away? Pretty clever if it is...
Old 05-10-2009, 11:57 PM
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The wipers have been a glaring weakness in the features of Nissan for the almost 20 years that I've owned and driven them. They just don't seem to be very effective or have a fast enough maximum speed for heavy rain. The speed sensing function works but doesn't make a noticeable difference unless you go from crawling to driving very fast.
Old 05-11-2009, 08:08 AM
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I have to respectfully, totally disagree. The G wipers are some of the best I've ever used.
Old 05-11-2009, 09:22 AM
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This feature is worthless. I can't tell if it's off or on.
Old 05-11-2009, 11:30 AM
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The G has a speed sensing wiper and not a rain sensing wiper. I prefer the rain sensing wiper. It is more usable and practical than the speed sensing wiper. I assume that the rain sensing wiper is more expensive because of the addition sensor on the windshield.
Old 05-11-2009, 11:59 AM
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hell, even the hyuandai has the rain-sensing laser sensor....
Old 05-11-2009, 12:00 PM
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My TL also had speed sensing wipers and basically it would be full regular speed while driving at any speed and when you drove < 10 mph, it would be intermittent medium... and < 5mph or at a stop, slowest intermittent

that was useful... to some degree

the G's is not


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