Tips for using Tesla's Wipers
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2024
- Whilst we've seen some improvements to Tesla's Auto Wipers, they're still not perfect-so in this video I'll discuss my tips for controlling the wipers when driving in the rain.
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Thanks for the video. My auto wipers are working pretty well but sometimes I have to do a manual wipe to wake them up. Your shortcut about pushing the left scroll left and right to adjust the speed is very useful.
It is a very frustrating,ongoing situation. Feels like it’s another stubborn decision from Tesla thinking they can do better than using rain sensors than have been working very well for over 20 years. Silly.
This has been a problem for years and years. Tesla are dog shit.
Accident waiting to happen.
The amount of time the guy in the video was playing with the screen without eyes on the road :(
I’ve had my Y for 18 months and although I knew you could press stalk to bring up wiper card, I didn’t know you could then change speed with the left scroll wheel I always thought you needed to use screen! Thanks!
Same !! Using the scroll wheel is a game changer.
My auto wipers have worked so well from when I bought the car in early 2021 until the last update. Now they never come on unless its a complete downpour. Hopefully they fix this soon.
I was actually surprised for the worse with the holiday update in regards to the auto whippers. They seem to get even worse at picking up the rain…any type of rain.
I wish it just had a sensitivity setting like the auto AC
Thanks Ryan for the wiper tips!
Thanks for these tips Ryan. We have just ordered our Tesla Model Y and it should be here in Feb. Just want to say your videos have been an extraordinary help for us, in cementing our decision with the Model Y. Amazing content! Thank you Ryan!
Model 3 in the UK - it’s a lot of road spray during this time of the year, auto wipers can’t cope with that. Also in heavy rain it casually wipes on level 1/2. Nighttime when cars coming opposite it completely freezes. 90% of the time it’s NOT working unfortunately.
Great little specific tip video! Keep up the amazing work 🙂
Thank you !
Thanks for all of the tips! I like that option of making the scroll wheel press turn on the wipers.
You provided a big help, thanks!!
Glad it helped!
So glad the rain sensing wipers in my Mazda are perfect and i never have any of these problems.
Before the Christmas update the auto wipers were OK but not now. Drove back from Nsw to Melbourne yesterday and rained the whole journey. I quickly turned off auto wipers and had to use manual wipers all the way home. The wipers would not turn on above no. 1 intermittent on auto even during g heavy rain.
I have experienced the same issue since the holiday update
Exactly the same issue for me. Can be bucketing down, and the wipers stay on intermittent. Before the holiday update they wiped too fast and random, at least now they wipe when it rains, but just not enough
I didn't know about using the scroll wheel after pressing the stalk! Thank you so much, this is perfect for me to fix this annoyance
Either did I until recently ! But it's a game changer
@@RyanCowan I was going to originally say this doesn't work, but I was foolishly scrolling up and down not left and right... Will retry tomorrow
My 4year old Model 3 wipers worked reasonably ok for a few years but since the holiday update it’s shocking. It seems to only go at 1 speed regardless of the rain strength. I have to manually go up and down in speeds.
It’s embarrassing that such a simple function that 15 year old cars have perfected and this computer on wheels still struggles tremendously with it.
Yeah when the car excels at so much, it's frustrating to have issues with the wipers. I am glad that I can switch off auto wipers now when AP is engaged.
I use my wife as chief wiper boss. She is excellent ! 😀
Had this experience today. Driving in variable rain conditions and the wipers weren’t coping at all sadly. I was having to manually to speed up and slow down to match conditions. Using left scroll wheel to adjust helped, but hopefully this is something they can address in a future OTA update.
6 years has passed and they can't get it right. Cameras are not good detection rain because they are not focused on the windshield. We need a real rain sensor!
Super video with awesome info - thanks a lot 😊👌🔌🔋
Thanks !
Un saludo de un propietario de un M3LR de 2023 en Navia, Asturias, España! 😊
When 'disabling the auto wipe function during autopilot' is an upgrade tells a lot about the system to begin with. I've learned to live with it. Thanks for the tips. Just set the left scroll wheel for faster access.
The thing that annoys me, as a 2-time Tesla owner, is that they eliminate physical sensors (radar, parking, rain, etc.) without a fully functional software based replacement in place. So the result is things suck for years until they eventually get it right, or good enough.
Yeah, Tesla is a fast moving beast but sometimes moves too fast 😂
@@RyanCowan Sometimes? LOL
@@RyanCowan Or maybe it doesn't move at all...
Elon saved $1.72 by not including a normal rain sensor like every other automaker on the planet. Owner pays the price, so to speak.
I have noticed an improvement since the holiday update
Fellow MY owner here in Brisbane. We've had a lot of rain the past few months as well, and I've noticed the recent updates have "slowed" down the wiper auto speed on mine. I now just manually control the wipers myself as I can't seem to rely on the auto setting to work properly.
Thank you so much Ryan! Amazing video mate! Hopefully it improves, I don't think the grandparents will be using voice commands. I watching a Tesla video, by Chasing Cars, they have 170k subscribers, and he was reviewing the new model 3, and he was talking about roof glass, and mentioned your channel, and was talking about how you put a sun shade on the roof! How cool is that! Also, do you have any up coming ev conventions that you will be going to in 2024? Cheers!
Thanks for watching and commenting as you always do mate ! Means a lot. And yes, I was chuffed to see Tom from Chasing Cars mention my name ! In regards to upcoming EV events, I have nothing booked in but hoping to organise an event/meet up of my own.
@@RyanCowan Always mate! :) That would be amazing! We could drive down in the Tesla! Would only have to stop or charge one or twice! Crazy what the LR battery can do!
Yes I saw that too!
@@matsteel2292 Put a big smile on our faces didn't it! 😁
Second only to the disappointment with FSD delivering on what I’ve paid for, auto wipers are a big disappointment. I’ve seen slight improvement since holiday update, but similar experience to you with not fast enough in heavy rain or too slow in mist. Tesla should have installed a $10 rain sensor from day one. Then removed once the software was ready and working well.
Regarding the rain sensor, I have to agree with you ! (I reckon in hindsight they'd agree as well)
Same with parking sensors! I hate it that they are gone now.
Excellent video. I never had any issues with my Model Y. However, after I took delivery of my Model S, I started noticing issues with the wipers. I took it in for service and expressed my concerns only to be I given a sad excuse from their technician. I gave up on it and just manually turn the wipers on/off.
My auto wipers had been working fine for my first year of ownership and I always wondered what other Tesla owners were complaining about, but since the holiday update last month, now I know - absolutely useless! 😂 Hopefully Tesla sends out another update soon
Exactly the same experience for me, before holiday update no issue. Now I’m finding I’m having to turn them on via the stalk so I can see out the windscreen during rain.
Me as well. Yesterday the first time I've driven in rain since the update. Way too slow on auto now. Can't be that hard surely!
Tesla make great cars but some "features" are so far behind the industry it's frightening.
Yet the next update and they seem good again.. at least Teala continues to try and fix issues. Still waiting for matrix headlight enabling though.....
Hi Ryan. Yes after the holiday update the wiper performance has changed again but still not as good as many old ICE cars of 10 year old vintage. Tesla need to find a proper fix for this soon hopefully.
That's because Tesla took out the physical rain sensor mounted on the windshield. Other automakers and even my older Model S's used the physical sensor. They use the camera image to detect rain and obviously it's inferior (but getting better).
I wonder if they could have a 'training mode' where you manually run the wipers using the stalk button when you feel it is appropriate, perhaps over a 60-second period (or some other fixed period of time), so the system can match the amount of rain the cameras pick up and when you ask to wipe the windscreen, then lock this in as your preference?
Great suggestion !
I had a mini road trip recently after the holiday update and to be honest, the auto wipers during AP worked perfect, it was a rainy day, it adjusted based on the rain and I didn’t have to do anything for it.
That's great to hear ! A Tesla engineer replied to my post on X, turns out they are still working on this issue and taking in driver inputs.
@@RyanCowan yeah hope the thing that they were saying where all cameras are going to decide will be pushed soon. At least happy that they gave us an option to turn the wipers off while on AP.
Hey Ryan i saw a bit of your podcast on Facebook
I have recieved my model 3 highland last week and I have had a few occasions where the wipers just went up when there was no rain at all.
I can’t speak for how the wipers were before the holiday update since this is my first Tesla but I do hope that they fix this soon aswell as their automatic headlights.
Did you have spots on your windshield?
Still having the phantom wiper issue, but I still love my Tesla Y
It seems to work perfectly for me with the only exception being very fine rain, almost spray. It just doesn't detect it.
My 2004 golf had amazing auto wipers. Much better than on my M3
Hi Ryan. Really appreciate your videos! Do you know how to make suggestions to Tesla/Elon? I have several useful ideas to improve the driving experience.
Thank you ! Tesla sometimes respond to suggestions on X
Great tips. Thank you from a new and frustrated Tesla driver!
New update makes it even easier !
@@RyanCowan Not sure what you mean.... Easier to set up? I saw your video yesterday evening (that was after we have had our second hand Tesla Y for all of 24 hrs) and this morning I plan to try and set up the left long press for wipers. I'm not even sure what software version our Tesla is currently on 😂
yes!!! I am a fresh newbie to a model 3 and noticed this a lot. I had a golf mk7 that was brilliant in the wet. The model 3 wipers are annoying to say the least!!!
Great tips, thank you!!!!! Such a helpful video!
I always leave mine on auto and have always been good. If anything they actually over wipe.
I do think that tesla is making it better just not here but it ok with Software updates it will get better. GREAT VIDEO ! 🎉 I have heard that ViC has some flooding happening. How is it over there ?
Agree, I have no doubt that Tesla will continue to work on it 🙌 We haven't been hit with flooding where we are, but some of the other regional towns were evacuated ! Crazy
@@RyanCowan Lucky you and yes tesla will improve it !🎉
Yeah, missing my Audi for this and most of the other electronics. Good work-arounds but should be better out of the gate
One idea to help cope with the lack of rain detection is for software to note repetitive manual quick wipes to help the auto facility to wake up. Not sure whether this has been condidered.
Yeah I actually wondered whether Tesla would take fleet data from drivers manually pressing in wipers to learn rain conditions better !
with the amount of data Tesla collects, this should have been solved LONG ago if they used data like you suggest (detecting manual swipes and comparing to the camera capture).
Here in the UK at the moment we are experiencing unprecedented rain, more than usual 😊 after the holiday update I am not noticing any difference and find myself constantly having to manually press buttons. As you say with a car that can drive itself it isn’t great.
I love driving my car that never requires thinking about this, or lights, because the auto wipers and high beams function as promised. Love riding my bike more.
The latest software update made it terrible. It detects the rain a bit better but is ALWAYS too slow
Of all the hills to die on why on earth did Tesla choose Wipers 👀😂
I was having dire troubles with my 2020 Model 3 SR Plus during 2023. Then I noticed watery stains on the windscreen that didn’t wash out. Very annoying and distracting to my driving.
So I did some YT investigation and settled on a method using dry 0000 Wire Wool followed with a wash and then coating with RainX or similar.
The result has been a distinct improvement to the Wipers, although by no means perfect or solved. But far less troublesome than before! Not coming on in low sun on dry days was a welcome blessing.
Try Rainex. It has the ability to remove those pesky streaks as well as making the water bead and run off...
@@greghudson9717 That's what I finished off the job with. It has made a noticeable difference driving in the rain and repelling other nasties that can land on the screen.
I'm attributing the better Tesla Wipers behaviours to having an uncontaminated screen for the cameras to see through.
Off topic, what are your thoughts on the autopilot punishing the driver?
I mean, I can understand it - but I was hoping for less nagging rather than more 😂
@@RyanCowan yeah I think it's a bit of an over reach. I know it was because of US government regulations but I think Tesla went a bit too far with this. There was a guy who got a warning for picking up a water bottle apparently....
Same exact experience in my Tesla y 2023. Have to intervene manually in heavy rain and the update has made no difference. This feels like Deja vu as you mentioned this problem a year ago and said that Tesla were going to improve camera software etc etc but I’m starting to lose confidence in Tesla’s ability to resolve this specific issue. My 14 year VW golf has a way more superior auto wiper system and works a treat how can Tesla not get this right
Yeah to be honest, I never expected to have to make a follow up video for this same issue. Tesla are doing so many amazing things on the software front, but the wipers seem to be a challenge. Probably doesn't help the all the engineers live in California where it hardly rains 😂
Long press scroll wheel would be great if you could select several, rather than only one or everything
What do u you mean?
Like currently you can select 1 option for the long press or have it display everything and then you're scrolling through a long list. It would be great if you could choose what you want to display out of the whole list, like long press gives you 3 options for example. E.g. You could select long press to display a shorter menu of acceleration mode, fan speed and glove box, so you're not scrolling a long list
My voice commands weren’t being well understood either, then I wondered if it was because Tesla have not yet added Australian English to their languages. British English was done only last year.
So I switched to saying wiper (and all other) commands using an American accent.
It’s now 100% accurate and a pleasure to use.
Much safer than looking at the screen or looking down in my other cars with buttons all over the cabin. I now rarely take my eyes off the road.
Apologies for anyone from the US who may ever ride with me in the future tho 😅
haha 😂 So let me make sure I'm understanding this .. I need to speak with an American accent and it will understand me better?
This has worked in my M3LR at least!
It just seemed logical when I noticed that British English had been added during an update, but it always seemed to struggle with how I said things. “Wipers on” would repeat as “Wife has one” or something funny.
But since switching to (dodgy) American accents, it’s improved massively!
Tesla like to do everything through software to save money on proper sensors or switches
Most of the time they succeed but I reckon they're regretting removing the rain sensor at this point.
yes they have done that repeatedly, until sales drops they have no reason to change their behavior
@@RyanCowan how about the parking sensors?
Tesla is sometimes stubborn on some things just like the radars which a much better than the cameras, so hopefully the will listen to the costumers and make some changes
With tesla claiming FSD being really advanced, I am finding a lot of shortcomings with the basic services that i can not vision paying $ for FSD. Wipers, speed sign recognition (if any - feels more GPS and wrong), very bad voice detection and phantom breaking years after the model S release. OTA updates was sold by the fan boys as the car always get better, but I am very doubtful still now. - How do you report back failings to the mothership?
Whilst it's frustrating, Tesla have done some pretty amazing things when it comes to OTA updates. And FSD Beta in the US is pretty mind blowing.
You can’t expect Tesla to understand what rain is when their engineering nerds are from California 😂
😂 haha yep !
I can’t believe that it’s taking Tesla so long to sort this out. I would’ve thought the ability to adjust the sensitivity of the wipers when in auto mode was pretty basic functionality.
I also use the button on the end of the stalk.
Still waiting on the software update 😔
2023 MY RWD.
Show me how to use the rear wiper. 😂
That moment at 1:33 scared me. I know it didn't real happen but shouldn't Tesla try to avoid getting hit there? Or is this only enabled on the USS variants?
Just an incorrect reading by the car, wasn't that close to the truck 👍
@@RyanCowan Yeah I know it was an incorrect reading by the car, but does that mean that if it was correct, the car wouldn't have tried to dodge?
In my opinion, this is just an animation issue (as the car tries to make out a truck) @@TheGodlike50
Is the USS variant in the same class as the USS Enterprise ;-)
Doing things differently is only clever if it works as well or (preferably) better. The sooner Tesla realises this, the better. I would much rather they focussed on fixing issues like the annoying wipers before they added “features” like making a fart noise when locking the car. I won’t buy another ICE vehicle, but at this stage I’m unlikely to buy another Tesla, the little annoying things add up to an incredibly frustrating experience at times.
Whilst I agree with you in part, I reckon if you switched to another EV brand you'd miss Tesla immensely. The wipers aren't good enough, but they excel in SO many other areas.
I experienced this today, driving from Richmond to Tullamarine. It has improved but still not perfect. Also, I'm finding I have to talk in an American accent to call people. Try saying "Con" turns to "Khan" so frustrating. (The text on the screen changes from Con to Khan). I'm driving to Sorrento on Thursday. My first long trip using my model Y.
Haha good advice regarding the American accent - I will have to try this out 😂 Enjoy the first road trip to Sorrento, where many of my videos were made !
You need to take your car out of 'Star Trek' mode ;-)
@RyanCowan oh cool. I have a family beach house down there, so I'm there every summer. Unfortunately, my Tesla Y 23 is faulty. I've sent it to the Tesla Service centre for the second time within 6 months. Most features become disabled (random time). They replaced the steering column control module but it didn't work I guess.
I have the latest update and in my experience there is no improvement. I find it dangerous. Very dangerous. Thanks for the tips.
The auto wipers for me after the holiday update feel WAY WORSE! Very frustrating. So bad its dangerous, and i have to keep manually adjusting on the screen
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Auto wipers are worse, useless after the latest winter update. This is my biggest complaint plus voice commands are also useless... thanks for the tips on how to better control the wipers.
If Tesla can't get the wipers working for us, what hope do we have for getting Phantom Braking fixed ! (Praying won't help)...
Now they just need to allow us to disable auto headlights
Wow this is so great! Please tell elons balls we said hello and his wife make sure you bring her fresh alvacados next time you forgot.
With my M3 2022 model, the "holiday update" made the wipers considerably WORSE. Along with additional unnecessary nagging about moving the steering wheel on Autopilot.
I mainly want auto to stay off. Even if im in Cruise Control or Autopilot... I can do it myself.
The tesla doesn't understand your Victorian accent 😂
Given up on auto wipers... Press the stalk, touch the screen to set.
**use left scroll wheel instead of touching screen?
@@RyanCowan nah i use that for other stuff, less faffing around, and its faster. Same for headlights, flash highbeam to get light controls to toggle settings. (just my preference on speed/efficency)
@@RyanCowan I get your point, in steps, thats faster. but real world, if it buckets down, nothing is faster than 2 taps. (Just my preference)
Living with a Tesla requires some coping mechanisms
The wipers are crap because ‘It never rains in Southern California ‘
Tesla should just do all rain related testing in England!
When you need to make or watch a video about how to use windscreen wipers, it makes you realise, it isn't all progress.
My experience mirrors yours, winter in the UK so drizzle, must, road spray and don’t mention the rear camera getting dirty. Basically it is really annoying, poor solution from Tesla and devalues the driving experience for me in both my Teslas.
Works terrible in the dark in rural areas without streetlights.
Mine (and two other's in my family) used to go too fast in average rain, now they go too SLOW, especially when it's bucketing down!
Grrrr.....
Why don't Teslas just have rain sensors like other cars for goodness sake?
For the same reason they don't have ultra sonic sensors, grab handles over doors, proper door handles inside and out etc etc. It's all to save money and increase profit.
The entire crappy wiper situation in Tesla's, no stalk and useless auto wipers was my number one reason I got rid of my model y. There def have been some improvements since I had mine, like being able to use the scroll wheels etc but it's still a second rate system at best. Tesla goes way too far to cut manufacturing costs.
What do you drive now? Surely you miss the Tesla apart from the wipers?
Worse since holiday update. Hardly ever had to go to manual, now I have, most times, it rains. Frustrating!
IMHO Tesla will never get auto wipers working as well as cars that use a IR rain sensor. The only things you can do is use your methods and keep the windscreen very clean because a dirty screen makes it harder for a camera system to work.
I own a Tesla and I appreciate the wipers being automatic. I just can not appreciate to manually wipe my windows any much longer. This car is so future-like. But sometimes I do wipe the windows on my own because of the guilt and AI approaching alittle too fast, and I am on the front seat of it!
That is why I actually wipe my own windows even to this day! Its the least I can do for a future that is gonna wipe my ass and rubbing shampoo in the shower for me. We need to be free! We need to manually wipe our windows on our Teslas. I bought the x1000 that is a modern piece of handheld wipers. I feel so cool when I have to use it.
Same crap ever since i bought my TM3 2021, which was known but everyone laughed of how bad wiper and "auto"-dim performed but we just used it manually. With the "Vision" downgrade it became outright terrible and a horrible stress-factor during winter with wipers going berserk with no chance of stopping the wipers, which was finally possible with OTA before christmas.
Wiper-auto (and AP + "auto-dim) in Tesla HW3.0 (& prob 4.0 too) will never become as good as in other cars. The cameras are simply not suited for the job. TM3 has had wiper "auto" based on cameras for +6 years now and they are still by far the worst auto on the market of any western car. This being due to cameras used and not a proprietary rain sensor.
Same with AP after the "Vision" downgrade where the radar was inhibited = 500 Meters of visibility in daylight and you start to get "Reduced speed due to limited visibility" and at 300 Meters the car slows down to 7 Km/h on that same road. Outright terrible but people somehow keeps buying the cars.
And finally its same on "auto"-dim where the cameras truly fails miserably with flashing headlights in the dark from reflections, especially during rain/after rain + 3-8 secs after passing oncoming traffic until it finally goes back to hi-beam. This due to the cams being saturated and too slow to regain sensitivity which adjusted November 2022 from blinding everything to being that slow.
Just know that by buying an ev, you hurt the climate way more then if you buy an old diesel mercedes. Its because of the way the batteries are made
Tesla systems can't even work out whether it's raining or not. A basic thing that any humans can easily detect. Just this one thing, shows how far away "Automatous Self Driving" is for Tesla.
FSD Beta is actually pretty mind blowing-and well ahead of any competition. Tesla not including the rain sensors made this problem more challenging for them, but they'll solve it.
Just seems like such a narrow minded thought process to rely on video for such basic functions when there is much better and inexpensive technology. Like the removal of ultrasonic sensors….just a dumb move that pushes more people into other vehicles
Tesla Model Y was the world's best selling car in 2023, but I get your point.
@@RyanCowan But Tesla isn’t the top selling EV brand anymore is it?
@@432wheels Don't believe anyone that includes hybrids in its EV sales figures...
Voice commands are useless with Australian accent hahah
Your subs and views don’t match up, maybe cuz teslas aren’t all that and that these channels are getting played out, do something different
Just returned from a drive to Moruya & back, coming up the Clyde the weather turned to a bizarre mix of fog and Misty rain. The Auto wipers would not come on. I waited & waited until I couldn't see, which slightly unnerved my passenger! Until it was pointless so hit the wiper button on the stork then had to manually do that the whole way up the mountain. It's a joke. I get the car Only has cameras but how basic is this function. Are Tesla not testing this stuff? It's amateur hour. Stop spending time on useless 3D animation crap and fix the wipers! 😱
Stupid design. Every other car you can have 💯 of wipers without ever having to look at the controls while DRIVING
c'mon now. There is no need to for a tip video. The auto wipers are trash and just a big beta experiment.
It seems people have found this very helpful
or better sell that piece of crap and get a proper car
auto wipers are junk period.
My VW EV's wipers works perfectly :D Maybe the smart Tesla is not so smart..
Just when it comes to wipers 😂
@@RyanCowan Nope - also when it comes to speed sign recognition - and their cessation - yes actually all assistants are better on VW. Active Matrix LED is not an option on the Tesla.
The comfort level is better in the VW and all in all the VW is definitely better built as a car than the Tesla.
@@JunkerOnDrums But wait, there are worse speed sign recognition issues... e.g. Driving on a freeway at 110, and the cameras pick up an exit speed sign of 60, and slams on the brakes (a false phantom braking event).