Turn off Wipers

[Marpater]

My old man use to say “Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do.”

Who here is familiar with the “Michigan left”?

Seriously, how does someone from Alberta know about a MI Left

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[Cabose-1]

Old Ford joke:
In 1986, the F-150 was the last vehicle to come with a foot operated dimmer switch. For 1987, it was finaly mounted on the turn signal stalk.
Ford initially received a lot of complaints from customers who were getting their foot caught in the steering wheel...

I had this on my f250!!! Haha

 

[THLONE]

What triggers the auto wipers? Water on a sensor? Find that sucker and cover it up. I guess that Ford decided that some people dont have the good sense to come in out of the rain.

 

[Motorpsychology]

What triggers the auto wipers? Water on a sensor? Find that sucker and cover it up. I guess that Ford decided that some people dont have the good sense to come in out of the rain.

Rain sensing (automatic) wipers can be turned off in the Settings menu. I have mine off. When on, the little tab changes the sensitivity of the automatic-ness. When off, it changes the frequency of the intermittent swipes.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

I had this on my f250!!! Haha

Hi Eli,

I got exactly this for my birthday many years ago, but alas....would not fit my 1957 VW Bug.

Wheel for a gas pedal....

Best,
Phil

 

[Fawnbuster]

I could try, but its basically my knuckles hitting the stalk because its 1 inch behind the wheel.

Can you pull the stalk all the way down (no intermittent) and twist the dial down to it's lowest setting to see if that helps? Also does adjusting the steering wheel (telescoping and tilt) can you gain more hand clearance without hindering comfort? Maybe in conjunction with seat adjustments)

 

[IdahoRanger]

Jason,

Some of us are here to help. There’s an easy solution. Get yourself a good set of side cutters, like these….

…find the wiring harness leading from the wiper control stalk. It’s easy to locate under the column trim piece. Find the black wire with the blue stripe and mark it with electrical tape for reference. Ignore that wire for moment. Now, take the side cutters inside and cut both the power cord and signal input to your modem.

Problem solved, at least for the rest of us.

That right there is funny

 

[Blue Streak]

Let me say this. I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.

 

[Danager]

Seriously, how does someone from Alberta know about a MI Left

Born and raised in the mitten.

 

[Marpater]

Born and raised in the mitten.

And now you are in Gods country.

How does one go from the Great Lakes State to Alberta CA, usually its the automotive industry that imports talent to this state not exports to the tar sands........

 

[Danager]

Met a girl on the internet many years ago. My education and profession allowed me to move to Canada with relative ease. Although now divorced, have three amazing children and in-laws I am still close with.

Considered moving back. Then I may miss out on certain things Canada has to offer. Snow on March 28, or really any month of the year. Plugging in your vehicle. And ketchup flavoured chips. At least a left is a left here.

 

[gfitzge2]

Hello,

Is there a way to turn off the wipers? Due to the vehicle's poor design, I wind up hitting the stalk when turning the wheel, activating the wipers. The wipers then stay on, no matter what I do until I turn off the vehicle. When I get back in and go again, the wipers resume right where they left off. Regardless of weather, I'm driving down the road with the wipers on like a goof. According to the manual that shipped with the vehicle, it's easy to disable automatic wipers from the vehicle settings. That's not the case. All I have under wipers is "Courtesy Wipe", (whatever that is), but no off. Do I have to pull a fuse or something?

Thanks in advance

Back in 2013 i attended the Ford performance driving school in Utah. We were driving Focus and Fiesta STs. One of the lessons was doing what some call a Rockford, driving fast in reverse and turning the wheel fast to spin the car around and end up going forward. Many of us would hit the wiper lever while trying to do that move. The instructors found it pretty funny that so many of us did it. .

So if the wipers will not turn off, take it to the dealer while it is not working properly. I will not question your intelligence as some have done. BTW I didn't see most of them because I ignored that person long ago.

 

[Marpater]

@Danager Interesting you kept the inlaws and divorced the wife, but you aren't missing anything here that is for certain, our leadership is as crazy as yours is right now and I really don't see that changing here anytime soon. It sure can be beautiful there in the mountains, I love what the Great lakes gives us here.

 

[Squatchranger]

No option to switch-off autowipers. Why do they have to be automatic anyway? I can guarantee that if I'm driving the vehicle and it starts to rain, I will turn on the wipers. No need for the vehicle to do it.

Yes there is you can push it all the way down till it does the wipe if you hold it and then it let go and it will be on the off position

 

[gfitzge2]

Back in 2013 i attended the Ford performance driving school in Utah. We were driving Focus and Fiesta STs. One of the lessons was doing what some call a Rockford, driving fast in reverse and turning the wheel fast to spin the car around and end up going forward. Many of us would hit the wiper lever while trying to do that move. The instructors found it pretty funny that so many of us did it. .

So if the wipers will not turn off, take it to the dealer while it is not working properly. I will not question your intelligence as some have done. BTW I didn't see most of them because I ignored that person long ago.

Hello,

Is there a way to turn off the wipers? Due to the vehicle's poor design, I wind up hitting the stalk when turning the wheel, activating the wipers. The wipers then stay on, no matter what I do until I turn off the vehicle. When I get back in and go again, the wipers resume right where they left off. Regardless of weather, I'm driving down the road with the wipers on like a goof. According to the manual that shipped with the vehicle, it's easy to disable automatic wipers from the vehicle settings. That's not the case. All I have under wipers is "Courtesy Wipe", (whatever that is), but no off. Do I have to pull a fuse or something?

Thanks in advance

One possibility.

GREMLINS

No, not this one.

This one.

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