What has happened to the old interval control? My wipers have a mind of their own going through all kinds of crazy speeds. Is there a hack to restore regular interval control and some sanity to driving in drizzle? It's enough to give me vertigo! Thanks for any help.

Yuck.

Another gimmicky useless "upgrade" (like pushbutton start) that's more hassle than it's worth.

Funny, mine also gets into this funk where it goes on a rampage (albeit quick rampage), then backs down to the intermittent speed. Anyone know where the sensor is in these? An option to keep it at regular interval control would be nice for sure.

AZhitman wrote:Yuck.

Another gimmicky useless "upgrade" (like pushbutton start) that's more hassle than it's worth.

hey hey hey......nothing wrong with push button start i love not having to use a key on my M.

now those rain-sensing wipers......don't get me started......

The rain sensing wipers in my Park Avenue were awesome, but then, so was the climate control. That said, even though I'm sure neither are in your M45x, I'll gladly trade you my 06 M45 for your 10 M45x to to resolve this problem for you. It only has like 65K, and I'll even throw in the Elite extended.

The00Dustin wrote:The rain sensing wipers in my Park Avenue were awesome, but then, so was the climate control. That said, even though I'm sure neither are in your M45x, I'll gladly trade you my 06 M45 for your 10 M45x to to resolve this problem for you. It only has like 65K, and I'll even throw in the Elite extended.

lol...you should trade your M in for a Park Avenue...from all your posts it seems like the greatest car ever.

rsg123 wrote:lol...you should trade your M in for a Park Avenue...from all your posts it seems like the greatest car ever.

LOL, as soon as a corporation other than the US government owns the GM nameplate, I might trade toward a used Lucerne Super, but only because I'm sure I can't afford to drive an S500. :P Actually, the Park Avenue was a piece of crap, because of cost cutting, the same reason the M is, but it didn't do nearly so many stupid things and it did have a few features that were really nice to have, then again, it certainly didn't have cooled seats, adaptive cruise, or lane departure warning, which would have been nice considering how much time I spent asleep in it. If I had done enough research, I would have just got an LS430 instead of going for all the bells and whistles, but then maybe I would have been equally disappointed in it, maybe my standards are just way too high for this day and age.

Is the rain sensor wipers an option for the advance tech package? I have the intermittent wipers

I've have just the opposite impression of the rain-sensing wipers. In the somewhat limited use they have seen in the past year I've had the M I've been impressed. Of course it seldom rains here and I've never had them crazy on me when I have used them. Maybe if I lived somewhere it rained more than once every few months on average I wouldn't like them so much.

And if the push-button start with the intelligent key is considered a gimmick sign me up for more. I love never having to pull the keys out of my pocket to unlock/lock or start the car.

push button start is hands down the most useful feature for me.

Forget the rain sensing operation, I am disappointed with the speed sensitive intermittent operation. The wiping speed changes very slightly with speed. You can't tell this feature exists. At stops the wipers keep going. My 99 Accord had a much better implementation. Wipers would really slow down at stops.

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+1 on that

palincal wrote:push button start is hands down the most useful feature for me.

Forget the rain sensing operation, I am disappointed with the speed sensitive intermittent operation. The wiping speed changes very slightly with speed. You can't tell this feature exists. At stops the wipers keep going. My 99 Accord had a much better implementation. Wipers would really slow down at stops.

The reasons above are why I still do not think that we have speed sensitive intermittent windshield wipers...

When I was researching this car before buying I was really disappointed to find out that the 06-07 models did not have rain sensing wipers since I was not about to pay much more for the 08-09. I guess I wasn't missing out on too much. BTW, the speed sensitive wipers work noticeably for me.

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Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:38 pm

What has happened to the old interval control? My wipers have a mind of their own going through all kinds of crazy speeds. Is there a hack to restore regular interval control and some sanity to driving in drizzle? It's enough to give me vertigo! Thanks for any help.

There is a way for the dealer to disable the rain sensor and have 4 positions of regular intermittent wipers. I just had it done today after suffering years with this problem post6852811.html#p6852811