Hi all,

The Fabia is being traded in on Monday for a race blue Octavia vRS petrol

My only gripe is that it has rain sensing wipers which I hate...

Can these be switched off using VAGCOM / VCDS?

Many thanks,

Stuart.

dunno about the Fabia, but on SWMBO's Golf, the rain sensors are activated by moving the stalk up one notch. Second notch for on normal speed, third notch for fast wipe. For intermittent wipe, it's up one notch so on intermittent, the sensor kicks in until you go up another notch. Hope that makes sense.

Stuart,

You can just turn the wipers to "Off" using the stalk and they won't run on automatic. You can then just use the wiper stalk as per normal. Not too sure if they can be disabled via The maxidot, maybe. Enjoy the new car you will love it.

Yes you can disable the sensor.

I've played around with this with VCDS.

You can't actually disable the rain sensing function with VCDS, but you can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor (beyond the adjustment you have on the wiper stalk rocker switch).

If you really want to disable the function, then apparently you can replace the auto wiper relay for a timed intermittent relay.........which converts the rocker switch on the wiper stalk to a simple time control for the intermittent wipe. But I have not done this so don't know if it actually works.

In my experience the auto wipers generally work very well........although I have a friend with a Mk5 Golf (mechanically, exactly the same as the octavia) who had a lot of trouble with his auto wipers. On further investigation it was discovered it had a replacement windscreen fitted at some point, and the fitter didn't clean the windscreen where the sensor sits......it was covered in fingerprints and when cleaned it cured the auto wiper inconsistency.

Thanks for the reply.

That's what I was after, changing it from rain sensing to intermittent setting of my choice.

The relay job sounds complex...

Sorry to tell you but you can actually disable the sensor totally, this had been covered on another thread.

Sorry to tell you but you can actually disable the sensor totally, this had been covered on another thread.

Presumably, if you disable the sensor (by physically disconnecting it or covering it in some way) you completely loose any intermittent function...the wipers simply don't do anything in the Auto/intermittent position.

I would personally find this completely unsatisfactory.

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The relay job sounds complex...

Actually if it is only a case of replacing the relay, it should be dead easy.

Simply a matter of sourcing a standard intermittent wiper relay and swapping it with the auto relay.

On the vagcom you can disable the rain sensor.

The wiper leaver in that position will become normal and using the small thingy on top will raise/lower the timing for the intermitent wiping, 10sec slowest and 5sec fastest

Actually if it is only a case of replacing the relay, it should be dead easy.

Simply a matter of sourcing a standard intermittent wiper relay and swapping it with the auto relay.

There is no relay

The stalk is exactly the same for cars with or without rain sensor

functions are by Electronics module, if you want to disable it remove the LIN wiring

On the vagcom you can disable the rain sensor.

How?

I've had quite a good look with VCDS and can't see how to satisfactorily disable the sensor.

if you want to disable it remove the LIN wiring

Does this actually work.....ie do you end up with standard intermittent wipers?

I'd like to disable my own too(07 Vrs) there a pain in the ass :( can it be done through maxi dot ?

If you physically disable the sensor do you lose the auto lights and dimming mirror? Thought they all worked off the same sensor.

If you disable the sensor just because you "hate" something you have not experienced, that is just plain... matter of taste

However you will also kill off the auto closing of windows in case it rains, or..?

I'd say stop worrying about the function, live with it for a week and then make adjustments if it really doesn't work. Might add it works perfectly on my car. I will never buy a new car without that function.

I'd advise giving them a try to see how you get on with them. The auto-wipers fitted to an old Passat (too sensitive) and an A6 (mind of their own) that I had were shockingly bad, however the set-up that was on my BMW was brilliant and changed my mind on them. The A6 did have some other "issues" as well so I'm willing to guess that it wasn't just the set-up that was a fault.

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Tried it. It doesn't work.

The rain sensor still works as normal on my octavia with the "rain sensor inactive" ticked.

go into the actual RLS untick it there

There are two places - I recently VCDS'd a newish car which had rain sensing wipers, but not the auto-close. There was a second place the rain sensing had to be checked as being activated before I could get the auto-close to work. Just don't remember where it was now as it was some time ago I did it, think it was 46 central convenience along with 09 central electrics.

On the pic you can see how I unticked the highway function and rain light function.

It works on my car. As ch/lh does I didn't test it during day to see if it worked everytime.

Stu - firstly, congrats on the car swap

If you pop down to a NW meet I'll sort it for you there, with VCDS. Not sure if I'll be at the next one though (June) as I'm moving house.

Stu - firstly, congrats on the car swap

If you pop down to a NW meet I'll sort it for you there, with VCDS. Not sure if I'll be at the next one though (June) as I'm moving house.

Cheers mate, appreciate that. I think Mike is nearby as well, he might not mind helping out.

Cheers mate, appreciate that. I think Mike is nearby as well, he might not mind helping out.

Yep sure, either Mike or myself - one of us will sort it