Hi there,
Had a new windscreen fitted to our Smax, Autoglass via insurance as the old original had a crack from the perimeter that had slowly grown to around 10cm over the past 12 months.
Loads of the heating elements had failed on the old one so with the recent cold snap it was nice to have a full set of working elements to clear the new windscreen.
However, the rain sensing wipers are now pretty much useless. Even on the most sensitive mode they do not clear the glass before you cannot see, I once just left it for 1+ minute in very heavy rain and it did eventually wipe, at highest sensitivity.
I called Autoglass and a technician came out, sprayed the windscreen with a spray bottle, wipers worked so he didn't do anything else and left.
Next time out driving in rain, same issue.
A friendly neighbour works for Auto Windscreens so had a word with him, he confirmed what I had read online and that they probably reused the old gel pack so got replaced this for me. Sprayed the screen and it worked. Commented that the gel pack he removed looked good and had been replaced though.
Next time out driving in rain, same issue. This time passenger videoed it so at least have something to show the tech, if it comes to that.
My current considerations are:
Aftermarket glass is causing some weird issue?
The sensor is broken?
The sensor requires calibrating? Should such process exist?
Disconnect the sensor, which apparently reverts the wiper control to regular intermittent and live with it? Seems a bit of a naff fix given it worked perfectly with the original windscreen.
If resolving myself isn't too expensive in parts or time consuming I'd prefer to do this than go through the Autoglass process again. If the sensor is hundreds of pounds then makes sense to go down that route.
Has anybody had a similar experience? How did you resolve?
TIA.
Had a new windscreen fitted to our Smax, Autoglass via insurance as the old original had a crack from the perimeter that had slowly grown to around 10cm over the past 12 months.
Loads of the heating elements had failed on the old one so with the recent cold snap it was nice to have a full set of working elements to clear the new windscreen.
However, the rain sensing wipers are now pretty much useless. Even on the most sensitive mode they do not clear the glass before you cannot see, I once just left it for 1+ minute in very heavy rain and it did eventually wipe, at highest sensitivity.
I called Autoglass and a technician came out, sprayed the windscreen with a spray bottle, wipers worked so he didn't do anything else and left.
Next time out driving in rain, same issue.
A friendly neighbour works for Auto Windscreens so had a word with him, he confirmed what I had read online and that they probably reused the old gel pack so got replaced this for me. Sprayed the screen and it worked. Commented that the gel pack he removed looked good and had been replaced though.
Next time out driving in rain, same issue. This time passenger videoed it so at least have something to show the tech, if it comes to that.
My current considerations are:
Aftermarket glass is causing some weird issue?
The sensor is broken?
The sensor requires calibrating? Should such process exist?
Disconnect the sensor, which apparently reverts the wiper control to regular intermittent and live with it? Seems a bit of a naff fix given it worked perfectly with the original windscreen.
If resolving myself isn't too expensive in parts or time consuming I'd prefer to do this than go through the Autoglass process again. If the sensor is hundreds of pounds then makes sense to go down that route.
Has anybody had a similar experience? How did you resolve?
TIA.
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