Jamo
Member Since: 18 Jan 2006
Location: Esperance, Western Australia
Posts: 1170
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I like them, but It's a bit of a  when an insect splats right over the sensor! Have a nice day!
2010 Cayenne Diesel with PASM & Off Road Pkg
2005 HSE D3 (Sold)
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 7th Oct 2006 9:32 am |
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Davie In Dubai
Member Since: 03 Aug 2006
Location: Dubai, UAE
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slightly off topic, but it's always funny when I pull into a petrol station and the attendant decides to clean my windows. In Dubai we never switch the engine off (to keep the A/C going), so the wipers usually give the poor guy a slap to the head - and fir the life of me I can never remember how to switch them off.
Sick I know - but funny all the same, especially when I hold my hands up to show I'm not doing it on purpose.
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| 8th Oct 2006 11:07 am |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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you'd better learn or you might get into trouble
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| 8th Oct 2006 12:02 pm |
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randalls
Member Since: 02 Mar 2006
Location: aberdeenshire
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10forcash wrote:Same as JMC - apart from turning up the sensitivity if it's raining and the light levels are low (strangely it works perfectly in daylight or at night time but seems to need one click extra at dawn or dusk)
thanks for that. One day I might sit down and RTFM.......   2007 TDV6 HSE 'Silver Lady'. With 'free' privacy glass LOL.
Taking the greenpi$$ is: Green taxing your citizens more & using some of the money to buy nukes.
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| 10th Oct 2006 1:56 pm |
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pmarti22
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Essex
Posts: 10
 
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You only do that when it breaks!
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| 10th Oct 2006 5:04 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73134
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pmarti22 wrote:You only do that when it breaks!
Assuming you even know where it is! 
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| 10th Oct 2006 6:57 pm |
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charley
Member Since: 08 May 2005
Location: Copenhagen
Posts: 2
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Regarding the rain sensing wipers, mine does sometimes wait for a Niagara(Viagra?) Falls before wiping, at other times a weather report, forecasting rain in the radio, makes them go wild. And then again, sometimes the wipers are just working fine - but, mostly they are too sensitive. 
Charley
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| 27th Oct 2006 10:06 pm |
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pmarti22
Member Since: 02 Aug 2006
Location: Essex
Posts: 10
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Sounds about right. Nearly 5 months old and 7,000 miles later and they have just started to work normally. Obviously needed to be run-in! Mind you, my electric seat memory has started to lose its mind instead.......
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| 28th Oct 2006 7:24 am |
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Naomasa
Member Since: 21 Nov 2006
Location: Seattle
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My LR3 was purchased around 3 weeks ago and has this same problem. Living in the rain of Seattle it is unbearable. I finally pulled the fuse (#18 in the glovebox" which disabled the rain senor and headlight sensor. While I like the fact my lights came on automatically being able to see out the window without manually running the wipers was a bigger priority. Hopefully the service department can come up with a more elegant solution.
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| 21st Nov 2006 12:46 am |
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lr3maybe
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Denver
Posts: 19
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So how do the wipers function with the rain sense fuse removed?
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| 29th Nov 2006 8:17 pm |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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the same as if you left the fuse in and operated them manually anyway. if the auto feature is not your cup of tea, just leave them in manual mode. 
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| 30th Nov 2006 6:40 am |
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azure111s
Member Since: 20 Sep 2006
Location: Wiltshire
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I can echo the views of DSL - I think they work perfectly.
I have read a lot of negative comments about rain sesinsing wipers on other makes of car, so I was prepared not to be impressed when I bought the D3. However, much to my surprise I found that they are fantastic - they always work exactly when and how I would operate them if I did it manually, just a little bit quicker 
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| 30th Nov 2006 8:45 pm |
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WOODY179
Member Since: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 3656
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I agree with Catweasel, why bother removing a fuse when all you need to do is not put the wipers in auto sense mode in the first place 
and my wipers work perfectly in auto anyway. 1996 Discovery 1 300TDI ES Biarritz Blue, sold
1999 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Rioja Red, sold
2002 Discovery 2 TD5 ES Buckingham Blue, sold
2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Adriatic Blue, sold
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Zambezi Silver, sold
2011 Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE Nara Bronze, sold
2016 Volvo XC60 D5 AWD Lux Nav Twilight Bronze, sold
2020 Range Rover Evoque P250 First Edition, Nolita grey, sold
2023 Range Rover Evoque P300e Autobiography, Carpathian grey
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| 30th Nov 2006 9:49 pm |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Y...... because I can
Posts: 10442
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Or buy a Defender 
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| 30th Nov 2006 9:53 pm |
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Winger
Site Moderator
Member Since: 15 Feb 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 3428
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Or go to Kazakstan, where is doesn't rain.
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| 30th Nov 2006 9:58 pm |
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