Whilst washing the car, I lifted the wipers to wash under them and wipe them, and found that it caught the bonnet, surely this should not happen, Or am I being stupid,

I'm told I can be ☺☺

You need to put wiper into the maintenance/winter position as described in the owners manual. 

Basically you need to turn ignition on then off then flip widescreen wiper stalk down and wipers go into maintenance position.

53 minutes ago, Kenny R said:

You need to put wiper into the maintenance/winter position as described in the owners manual. 

Basically you need to turn ignition on then off then flip widescreen wiper stalk down and wipers go into maintenance position.

Thank you, silly me, Not reading the manual.😊😊

But an irritating trait as when washing the carI don't want to move the wipers until I have water on the screen and when it's nicely wet I don't really want  to open the door to move the wipers. Never come across this before but also discovered the same situation on a Peugeot so suspect modern lines might mean it's not as unusual as I thought.

There are pros and cons for having the wipers hidden under the bonnet. You've discovered one of the cons.

 

As long as you are careful, and only lift the wipers off the glass by a few centimetres, just enough to get your sponge under them, you can avoid making contact with the bonnet.

 

Its when you take it to one of the hand car washes, and the guy doesn't realise and smacks the wiper arm against the bonnet, removing the paint in the process.

2 hours ago, SurreySlowCoach said:

But an irritating trait as when washing the car don't want to move the wipers until I have water on the screen and when it's nicely wet I don't really want  to open the door to move the wipers.

 

I get not wanting to drag the wipers over a dry screen, but you lost me at not wanting to open the drivers door when the car is wet?

13 minutes ago, silver1011 said:

 

I get not wanting to drag the wipers over a dry screen, but you lost me at not wanting to open the drivers door when the car is wet?

 

I'm also reluctant to use the wipers on a dry screen, however, there are plenty of times whilst out that the auto wipers decide to give a single sweep over a seemingly dry screen....I assume a bug on the sensor?

 

3 hours ago, SurreySlowCoach said:

But an irritating trait as when washing the carI don't want to move the wipers until I have water on the screen and when it's nicely wet I don't really want  to open the door to move the wipers. Never come across this before but also discovered the same situation on a Peugeot so suspect modern lines might mean it's not as unusual as I thought.

Before washing the car, sit in car with door closed activate 'Screenwash', wait until it completes cycle, and activate wiper 'Maintenance' function. Get out car, lift wipers from screen, continue with car cleaning routine. 

 

Or. 

 

Before washing car spritz windscreen with glass cleaner, activate 'Maintenance' function, lift wipers from screen, wipe glass cleaner from wiper blade with a microfibre cloth. Continue with rest of car cleaning routine. 

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13 minutes ago, Berisford said:

 

I'm also reluctant to use the wipers on a dry screen, however, there are plenty of times whilst out that the auto wipers decide to give a single sweep over a seemingly dry screen....I assume a bug on the sensor?

 

Possibly, but the sensor can get confused quite easily by a number of things; driving in and out of bright sunshine (under trees being one of many).

 

It's the same with the Auto light function, glorious sunshine and my Auto lights decide it's time to come on. Dull and overcast and raining quite heavily, and neither the Auto lights nor wipers want to raise their sleepy heads. 

 

I keep both functions in Manual, that way I'm guaranteed they'll be activated when required. 

On 24/06/2019 at 11:00, Fin69 said:

Possibly, but the sensor can get confused quite easily by a number of things; driving in and out of bright sunshine (under trees being one of many).

 

It's the same with the Auto light function, glorious sunshine and my Auto lights decide it's time to come on. Dull and overcast and raining quite heavily, and neither the Auto lights nor wipers want to raise their sleepy heads. 

 

I keep both functions in Manual, that way I'm guaranteed they'll be activated when required. 

 

The activation of the lights in bright sunlight is a safety feature. Has been a feature for years now.

It's never been proved, some argue it's simply the light sensor getting confused by the overly bright sunlight.