We bought a 2024 Skoda Karoq 1.5 SE L back in May this year. Pretty much ever since we've had it, the front wiper will periodically (randomly) wipe the windscreen when there's blue skies and no rain. Sometimes it will wipe once, sometimes three or even four times. It has been doing this seemingly more frequently in the last couple of weeks when we were away on holiday. Driving back from north Wales yesterday. it happened on seven or eight occassions. I've checked the position of the wiper lever several times just to make sure it hadn't accidentally been nudged into the wrong position, but all ok in that respect.

I did a quick google the other day and came across one or two posts that mention the same issue.

Please can anyone throw light on whata might be causing this?

The car is still under warranty, but I'm guessing that if I take the car back to the dealership for inspection, they might say they can't re-create the issue (because it's random and infrequent) and send me away!

Thanks.

In the other posts I have seen for this fault, it appears that a faulty wiper stalk was the cause.

If the stalk was in the 'Auto-wipe' position rather than Off when this happens, the cause can be a dirty screen around the rain sensor behind the RV mirror.