12-09-2013, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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Headlight washers
I have the cold weather package (heated wheel, etc.) so I presume I have the headlight washers; the little plastic panels are present in front of the lights.
Did a search without any conclusive results; when and under what circumstances to the washers activate? We do get really sloppy weather here in Westsylvania, so they seem like they should be a useful feature. Thnx, Moon |
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The headlights have to be on, and every fifth application (starting with the first) of the windshield sprayer they will spray the headlights (ie: 1st, 6th, 11th, etc...).
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Of course, or if you switch the headlights off and then on again.
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12-09-2013, 05:58 PM | #5 |
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Does windshield fluid (methyl alcohol) adversely affect the clear plastic protector on the headlights? On page 4 of this link, it references under Handling and Storage that it affects some plastics. http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1222.pdf
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Good or bad weather I can not see any reason for the headlight washers so I had my dealer disconnect the pump so they don't activate. I used to cringe when they sprayed windshield cleaning fluid that landed on much of the painted surfaces.
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12-10-2013, 04:42 PM | #7 |
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Okay, mine worked repeatedly last evening without 5 windshield washer cycles in between. Must be some other logic that they're following.
Winters here are sloppy (somewhere I've a pic of a long-ago Scirocco with the headlights totally opaque from road splash...), so I've been looking forward to the washers. We'll see how it works out. Moon |
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