[Croatian Sensation]

Just curious if this is just me or others notice..not a big deal either way.

i have the rain sense/auto wipers enabled, and I also have the courtesy wipe enabled which is meant to do one last pass after wiper fluid is used.

Anyway, I’ve noticed that about 50-60% of the time, when I start my lightning, in the morning for example when parked in garage, the wiper will activate for one pass. Same will happen in the parking garage at work, or in a parking lot. It won’t be misting or raining or anything. I at first thought maybe dust is triggering the sensor, but would have to be a very sensitive sensor and this would be happening too much for that. Wondering if maybe I deactivate the courtesy wipe if it would help? Just sorta random and annoying.

 

[StephenD]

Me too. Wondering if it has to do with the windshield being dirty?

 

[ChasingCoral]

Probably picking up dust or something.

 

[greatbreweh]

yup mine does this too!

 

[lasso.jim]

I am used to it now. I am not sure if it does it every time. I guess I should pay closer attention when I run through my pre flight checklist!

 

[greatbreweh]

I am used to it now. I am not sure if it does it every time. I guess I should pay closer attention when I run through my pre flight checklist!

Or Not

 

[GoGoGadgetTruck]

This happens on the Mach-E too, and I have seen people say they have had it happen on other Ford vehicles. So, it's not just you for sure.

 

[Mr. Mazak]

The wiper is only supposed to wipe with a wet windshield. It can scratch the windshield and also wear the wipers prematurely. Hopefully an OTA fix is in the works.

 

[ChasingCoral]

There's a solution for this: turn off automatic wipers until you need them.

 

[MarkG]

Many cars with rain, sensing wipers, will do a courtesy wipe when it first starts up. The Ford settings I think in the vehicle section has a wiper option and under that is a setting that should control this. At least my truck does. The only problem is my rain sensing wipers are completely broken so I don’t get it either the initial wipe or the automatic wipers. Apparently this is waiting for a software update to fix this. I’m questioning the accuracy of this.

‘23 Lariat ER

 

[Brucey]

What happens if your windshield has a bunch of snow on it?

 

[MarkG]

Well, it’s non optimal; but windshield motors are designed to sometimes be frozen down. They are forgiving that way.

Think about this… It’s no different than if you leave your physical windshield wiper button in any of the ON positions and the snow builds up and you start your car remotely or in person without turning off the wiper button first. Right?