Wiper Operation Question
02-02-11, 06:11 AM
#16
No, I don't play soccer!
02-02-11, 06:21 AM
#18
No, I don't play soccer!
I manually activate the wipers once before I start to drive during a light mist. That's enough to make the rain sensing wipers work after that.
02-02-11, 06:31 AM
#19
Jim, you've always had a special car! Most of us lost the intermittent setting when we got rain sensing.
I glanced at the on-line manual this morning and learned rain sensing turns off when the temperature is too hot or too cold. Although being too hot currently is not a problem
I glanced at the on-line manual this morning and learned rain sensing turns off when the temperature is too hot or too cold. Although being too hot currently is not a problem
I don't have some of the things produced today like the home link, but I do have many features I use and love you can't get anymore like the drop down sun glass holder and auto hi-beam. It's not perfect but sometimes I wasn't either
. Anyway a few months later they started changing equipment around. I like mine. And it still say's 'Lexus' on the tail gate too 
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02-02-11, 06:56 AM
#20
Mine was one of the 1st production models built during May 2009 and I got it the day it arrived at the dealership in late June.
I don't have some of the things produced today like the home link, but I do have many features I use and love you can't get anymore like the drop down sun glass holder and auto hi-beam. It's not perfect but sometimes I wasn't either. Anyway a few months later they started changing equipment around. I like mine. And it still say's 'Lexus' on the tail gate too .
I don't have some of the things produced today like the home link, but I do have many features I use and love you can't get anymore like the drop down sun glass holder and auto hi-beam. It's not perfect but sometimes I wasn't either
. Anyway a few months later they started changing equipment around. I like mine. And it still say's 'Lexus' on the tail gate too . We know you are not perfect Jim, but we would like to keep you around anyhow!!
02-02-11, 07:57 AM
#22
Really?? Mine were working yesterday in the mid 20s with a light mist. There wasn't enough moisture on the windshield to clean it so I had to turn it on and off during the drive home. Using the washer was out of the question. The headlight washers were encased in ice. I always make sure I turn off the rain sensing wipers when I leave the RX in this weather. I don't need to find out how much the motor costs the hard way
In extremely hot or cold weather(vehicles with rain-sensing windshield wipers)
The rain-sensing wiper operation will turn off if the windshield gets extremely hot (at more than 194°F [90°C]) or cold (at less than 5.0°F [-15°C]). If the windshield wipers cease operation while in AUTO mode, change to a mode other than AUTO.
The rain-sensing wiper operation will turn off if the windshield gets extremely hot (at more than 194°F [90°C]) or cold (at less than 5.0°F [-15°C]). If the windshield wipers cease operation while in AUTO mode, change to a mode other than AUTO.
02-02-11, 04:04 PM
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Thanks for all the responses. I checked on page 196 of my manual and it clearly states that the "o" position is off not intermittent. I guess I don't have the old school intermittent feature. It's too bad, it seems some like the new rain sensing feature and some don't; i fall into the latter. I guess i'll just use the manual up swipe (how annoying over a 30 mile commute). i almost never use a wiper any more often than 5 seconds when driving in the city and 2 second when driving on the freeway. Regardless of sensitivity setting for me, it's wiping too fast for my taste.
02-02-11, 07:21 PM
#24
Thanks for all the responses. I checked on page 196 of my manual and it clearly states that the "o" position is off not intermittent. I guess I don't have the old school intermittent feature. It's too bad, it seems some like the new rain sensing feature and some don't; i fall into the latter. I guess i'll just use the manual up swipe (how annoying over a 30 mile commute). i almost never use a wiper any more often than 5 seconds when driving in the city and 2 second when driving on the freeway. Regardless of sensitivity setting for me, it's wiping too fast for my taste.
02-02-11, 07:50 PM
#25
I'm really missing not having the sunglass holder up on top. I haven't found a safe and easy-to-access spot to put the sunglasses on the 2010, and I don't care for those flimsy gizmos that you clip on to the visor.
So auto-high beams are not available on the 2011 RX's that have the HID's?? I didn't know that. I kind of like that feature too.
So auto-high beams are not available on the 2011 RX's that have the HID's?? I didn't know that. I kind of like that feature too.
02-02-11, 08:50 PM
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03-20-11, 07:58 AM
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I have both on my RX 450h. To over ride the high beam system just put the lights switch from auto to headlight and I never get the one wipe from the system because I do not turn it to auto until it starts to rain
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