One swipe wipers

[Stbentoak]

When I start my vehicle in the garage the wipers immediately swipe one time for no reason. Windshield is clean and clear… any ideas?

 

[Z71orAT4]

I believe your switch on the control stalk may be turned on to the very lowest intermittent level as I had the same concern with mine.

 

[Bill 1960]

Yeah, my Ram has auto sensing wipers and I sometimes forget I’ve left it on until I start it again and the wipers will cycle once.

 

[B520044]

When I start my vehicle in the garage the wipers immediately swipe one time for no reason. Windshield is clean and clear… any ideas?

Mine does the same thing when starting in the garage. Not every time, but probably 50%.

 

[OR VietVet]

Ok, great, settled, operator malfunction! Owner's manual have any info or did you do the usual some of us do, "Owners Manual, we don't need no stinkin' Owners Manual!"

 

[tom3]

Rain sensing wipers?

 

[Stbentoak]

I believe your switch on the control stalk may be turned on to the very lowest intermittent level as I had the same concern with mine.

I'll check this, but yes they are auto sensing. Most likely I'll put it on the list for its 1st visit. Pretty sure malfunctioning things aren't in the manual...

 

[OR VietVet]

Pretty sure you are right about malfunctioning things but what I meant was, guess you did not get what I was trying to get across, did you read the manual to see if you had any settings wrong? Or even read the manual at all. All the previous posts mentioned things that they did wrong or needed to reset or found was just the rig's set up.

I said the manual may have info. Never once said the manual was a shop manual. You can be short with me because you are frustrated if you want to. I obviously have thicker skin than you.

 

[Stbentoak]

Not being short, but after having many vehicles with auto sensing wipers I pretty much know that swiping on startup in a dry garage means something isn’t quite right and isn’t a setting…
Doesn’t do it every time, about 70% is more accurate…

 

[OR VietVet]

"When I start my vehicle in the garage the wipers immediately swipe one time for no reason. Windshield is clean and clear… any ideas?"

Sir, your first statement says that and does not say this, "Doesn’t do it every time, about 70% is more accurate…" which could have led some of us in a different direction for "intermittent" problems. Those can open up a whole other can of worms and lead to different suggestions.

Just sayin'.

 

[AngeloUCF]

Not being short, but after having many vehicles with auto sensing wipers I pretty much know that swiping on startup in a dry garage means something isn’t quite right and isn’t a setting…
Doesn’t do it every time, about 70% is more accurate…

Mine also does this quite frequently when on rain-sensing mode, and it hits the tennis ball that I have hanging as a parking assist. Oddly, I parked outside last night and it rained, but they would not turn on automatically this morning when I started the car, even after I drove off. I had to initiate them manually.

I mentioned this on a quality survey from Chevrolet recently. Let me know if you end up taking it into the dealer and if they do anything to fix it.

 

[alpha_omega]

It’s not a malfunction, it’s the setting you have them on. When you first start the vehicle they will operate based off the intermittent section when the wipers are set to auto. If you choose something other than inter you won’t have that issue on startup.

Mine also does this quite frequently when on rain-sensing mode, and it hits the tennis ball that I have hanging as a parking assist. Oddly, I parked outside last night and it rained, but they would not turn on automatically this morning when I started the car, even after I drove off. I had to initiate them manually.

I mentioned this on a quality survey from Chevrolet recently. Let me know if you end up taking it into the dealer and if they do anything to fix it.

Have you checked the sensors to ensure they are clean? Sometimes it takes more than a car wash bath to get them clean, due to the small area that can occasionally get clogged up.