Wiper woes: My SUV’s automatic rain sensor is all wet John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader who’s having no luck with his new vehicle’s rain-sensing system.

A few weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter and solicited suggestions on how to further improve the Tesla driving experience. Amidst a flurry of suggestions, one of the few Musk responded to ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there could be a more convenient way to activate the windshield wipers during rain," said one of two inventors, from Detroit, Mich., "so we ...

A: In most of these systems, a rain sensor is located on the inside of the windshield behind the rear view mirror. Infrared light is projected outward through the windshield glass at a 45 degree angle ...

Tesla has released a new software update with major improvements to its automatic wiper trained with a new deep neural net previously referred to as “Deep Rain.” Like most premium vehicles today, ...

Automatic wipers and automatic lights are among the most popular features of modern vehicles. Nevertheless, Tesla owners complain that these features are broken on their cars. While Automatic High ...

It was long-promised and some were skeptical when CEO Elon Musk said it was coming “very soon” last week, but Tesla finally delivered what we called ‘its most requested feature’‘; automatic sensing ...

A: In most of these systems, a rain sensor is located on the inside the windshield behind the rear view mirror. Infrared light is projected outward through the windshield glass at a 45 degree angle.

While it is definitely a first-world problem that you don’t want to manually turn on your windshield wipers when it starts raining, it is also one of those things that probably sounds easier to solve ...