Wiper info

[nobba]

I was out in the rain on tuesday and had my wipers on intermittent. I noticed that every now and again as the wipers did their cycle, they not only waited whilst in the vertical position but they paused briefly halfway through when the wipers reached the bottom. Has anyone else encountered this? I looked in the manual but that wasnt much help. Only reason I could think of was if it hapened when i was going over a certain speed (I was on the motorway at the time). It doesnt seem to have happened since but then again it hasnt rained whilst I have been on the motorway.

 

[SEATcarsdirect.co.uk]

if you go over 80mph thats when they do this


Irfan

 

[Tam]

if you go over 80mph thats when they do this


Irfan

^^ what he said ^^

 

[andycupra]

is that just to make the drive more exciting?

 

[AR-CoolC]

It's just the wipers re-calibrating themselves with each other.

They are using two seperate motors and mechanisms, and because the two will never be EXACTLY the same, they will eventually get too close to each other and get tangled up at the bottom.

The stopping at the bottom of the swipe is just a calibration piont.

:takes off anorak:

 

[Tam]

It's just the wipers re-calibrating themselves with each other.

They are using two seperate motors and mechanisms, and because the two will never be EXACTLY the same, they will eventually get too close to each other and get tangled up at the bottom.

The stopping at the bottom of the swipe is just a calibration piont.

:takes off anorak:

So it needs to calibrate every wipe when doing over 80 on intermittant wipe, yet under 80 it doesn't need to calibrate, not does it need to calibrate at all when on normal or fast wipe at any speed from 5mph to 130mph?

Me thinks you read the wrong instruction book with your anorak on

 

[flakmunky]

OT and prolly dumb: Why does one of my wipers 'skid' over the windscreen? How can I fix it?

 

[pr0ton]

OT and prolly dumb: Why does one of my wipers 'skid' over the windscreen? How can I fix it?

I have this same problem sometimes. When i haven't used the wipers for couple of days they work without problems. But in heavy rain and after using them a while the driver side (left in here) starts to skid. It's very annoying. It's like they are sticky or something, but doesn't feel sticky when touching them. It skips about 5cm then wipes another 5cm and then agains skips 5cm etc etc

 

[EdRook]

In regards to the skipping, I had the same problem and discovered that the blades were warped, I complained to SEAT and they replaced them foc.

 

[tyrone28]

with regards to the wipers stoping at 80 mph this is a fault and reqs wiper master unit replacing.

 

[EdRook]

Who told you that it is a fault? Mine also pause briefly at the bottom of the screen at 80mph and always have done.

 

[googies]

Mine stop at bottom at 80mph and work without problems everytime, usual streaks or smears but other than that great, so couldnt be a fault!

 

[SEATcarsdirect.co.uk]

with regards to the wipers stoping at 80 mph this is a fault and reqs wiper master unit replacing.

I really don’t think its a fault either as it has done it on every Leon I have had

more than likely something to do with the speed sensing wipers like for example if your wipers are on constant and you come to a stop them go onto intermittent automatically


Irfan

 

[tyrone28]

i work on them

 

[googies]

If it was a fault and happens to jsut about every newer seat, then how are they still in production, surly garages would be swamped with complaints, know i would be straight down with it. How is it diagnosed as a fault then?

 

[Tam]

i work on them

I'll make a note *not* to go to your garage if you work on them and have duff info like that!


They pause (briefly) by design when on intermittent and you are doing over 80. Either that or every new style Leon and Altea and Toledo built ... is faulty

 

[rpmleon]

80mph gentlemen In this country!!!!

Tut.............Tut.......................Tut!!!!

Mind you, to quote "AR-CoolC" :takes off anorak

RPM

 

[googies]

Put it this way, travelling at 70mph leaves you at the end of the motorway queue when you reach it with just about everyone passing you on the way!

 

[AR-CoolC]

So it needs to calibrate every wipe when doing over 80 on intermittant wipe, yet under 80 it doesn't need to calibrate, not does it need to calibrate at all when on normal or fast wipe at any speed from 5mph to 130mph?

Me thinks you read the wrong instruction book with your anorak on

No it's because at 80mph the air speed over the windscreen interferes with the wipe speed of the blade, thus resulting in it reaching the bottom of it's sweep slightly later than it would in normal operation (below 80mph) and needs to re-calibrate.

You haven't done as much driving as me in the rain obviously, as I've seen the wipers stop at the bottom at all speeds and on double speed wipes. But TBH I very rearly have the wipers on anything other than intermittent anyway

See told you I was an anorak.

 

[Jace]

See told you I was an anorak.

You really need to get out more

@ 80mph, I let the Rain-X do its stuff, wipers off