Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:41:36 +0200 From: "Tom" <t.m.brandtsnopsam.nl> Subject: Re: Rainsensor on 9-3 sport sedan
Richard, I have had the car only a few days yet and haven't had the opportunity to drive in the dark. Rain enough however, Holland is renowned for it, I believe ;-( Have read in the manual that, when you first activate the 'auto' setting, the system is supposed to do some kind of 'calibration', perhaps it tries to count the number of impacts per second on the glass or something like that. Maybe the response of the system depends on the circumstances at this calibration moment/period are responsible for the total behaviour of the system in the active period after calibration. Since the wheather is very cooperative at the moment (all kinds of rain one can imagine....) maybe I can figure out how this works.... When I find out something I will let you know... Thanks for your reaction, Tom "Richard Dinsdale" <rdinsdalenopsamxxx.bigpond.com> schreef in bericht news:CS%ya.39652$1s1.563054nopsamfeeds.bigpond.com... > Hello Tom, > I've noticed the same thing with my 9-3 sport sedan. Setting the > sensitivity to 'high' makes them go a bit silly, 'low' sends it to sleep, > and 'medium' sometimes causes it to stop wiping in drizzle, or wipe > continuously in little rain. > Melbourne (Australia) is renowned for its wonderful weather (four seasons in > one day kind of thing), so from Feb to November, rain is often on the agenda > if the day of the week had a 'y' in it. In these cases, like you, I do a > 'manual' wipe then put it back on to auto. I've left the setting under the > profiler (SID) on medium. > Incidentally, my last car, a Peugeot 306 xsi (sadly missed) had rain sensors > and would do the same thing, it seemed to stop wiping when the car was > stationary or under a certain speed, then go back to normal sensing when the > car was moving. Perhaps it's similar with the SAAB - under a certain speed, > the wipers slow down? I also find it works better at night for some > reason... > > Cheers, > Richard > > p.s. I know what you mean by the only thing not perfect - for me it's the > quality of my window tinting! > >
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