One area we have been disappointed with is the lack of sufficient tension on the windscreen wipers. The local dealer broke the plastic replacing the blade which did nothing to correct the problem. The rear wiper is just as bad, leaving a large area never swiped. The driver side blade leaves a large half bubble shaped area un-wiped in front of the driver.
View 13 RepliesMy first experience with Xenons was on my BMW 330xi which was a 2000 model year. (Maybe 2001, I can't even remember now.) The Egg's Xenon's seem quite similar in both brightness and coverage, as well as the sharp cutoff that they are famous (or infamous) for. So, thought I, HIDs (xenons) are HIDs, are HIDs. Wrong-o.
I was recently driving behind a Porsche Carrera at dusk. We both had our lights on. His lit the road awash in white. Mine were barely visible on the road. As I said, it wasn't dark out yet.
A friend of mine just purchased the RX330 (butt ugly from the rear). He complained to me about, among other things, the xenons having an incredibly sharp cut off. He's never had HIDs before. We switched cars for a short, few mile drive. While I saw what he was talking about, in that when the car was pointing downhill even a slight bit, the levelers had the lights facing so far downward that they barely lit up 20 feet in front of the car. I felt mine was slightly better. However, his side to side coverage was far superior, and the brightness of his lights were far superior, being much whiter also.
Wipers on my 07 are out of control....fast with drizzle, slow with rain, stop all together when car stops regardless of rain or not, slow down, speed up. No pattern to what they do. Intermittent does not exist. Anyway, I think I saw a posting about this and now I can't find it. I want to go in with the TSB so I can get in & out without proving my case. Taking it in for service in the AM because the 'hood ajar' warning went on at 75mph today and now has the display locked with the warning and the hood seems all OK.
View 2 RepliesI installed a 55w 8000K HID kit on my GX470, but the amount of light coming out isn't sufficient, compared to another car i installed exactly the same kit on. I get a really nice, bright light that spreads a good distance with my other car and on the Lexus, i get dim light with some greenish tint (should be blue as it is 8000K) that doesn't light a lot of the road ahead of me. What can i do to improve the amount of light and the distance it shines?
View 8 RepliesThe heater in my '07 Sonata (V6) does not seem to do too much - the air gets warm, but not hot - even at full blast. (A real problem here in Wisconsin when the outside temp gets below zero). Temperature gauge always reads below the midpoint on the gauge. My hunch is I need to install a hotter thermostat.
View 5 RepliesI replaced my wipers and it was working fine for the first two weeks. Now it seems to wipe with some resistance. It doesn't have a smooth motion going up and down. I really can't explain it perfectly what wrong, but when the wipers go up it's like something is blocking the lower part of the blade from having a smooth motion.
View 4 RepliesI pretty sure they are supposed to do this but when I started the car this morning, in the garage with a dry windshield, the wipers ran twice and stopped. The wiper switch was in the on position from my drive home the evening before. 2004 V8 ....
View 12 RepliesHaving problem adjusting the rain sensing wipers? They're either going too fast or they won't stop when the windshield is dry and not getting wet. I hate these rain sensing wipers. My Audi A4 has several adjustments in the intermittent mode and it works great. Why VW couldn't stick with that I'll never know.
View 16 RepliesI have an 2007 v8 in campy white..barely 10k miles on it only one issue my wipers stopped working twice..both times a loose nut fixed by the dealer..while washing the other day i noticed minor scratches behind the door handle on the outside.
View 3 RepliesI have a 2010, Prius III. Whenever I plug my blackberry storm into the usb slot, my phone says "there is not sufficient power to charge the phone". I've tried charging with the Storm 1 and Storm 2 but neither seem to work. I have plugged in my ipod and it seems to charge just fine. Is it just the phone that won't allow it to charge or is it the fact that it's a micro usb that the car may not be able to handle? Or maybe the usb port is faulty.
View 1 RepliesI just bought a used 2004 Touareg. I think I got a great deal.
I have noticed the noisy windshield wipers, the condensation on the windshield, minor binding problems when turning, and some hesitation/jumpiness in the throttle. I talked to a dealer today and they said if I had a list of things to fix, they could do it in a day.
My front wipers have quit and have seen a similar thread a while ago indicating that this is something others have encountered. This happened once before about a month ago, and they started up again a few days later. So I don't think it is the motor. The back ones work, the fluid works, but no fronts.
View 2 RepliesJust got my Touareg a little over a week ago and used the wipers for the first time today and noticed that they make a rather loud noise everytime they wipe the windshield (I believe the driver-side blade is making most of the noise). It's hard to describe the noise but it's probably the most annoying. It seems to be loudest when it's drizzling or misting and the wipers engage (triggered by the auto-sensor). How to to resolve it?
View 10 RepliesEvery time my wipers go they chatter or bounce on the glass as they go across. Even when there is a TON of water on the windshield it will still do this... though not as much. It seems to happen more at the bottom of the wiper.
I don't know if it is a design flaw with the wipers, if I just have a bad set of blades, or what could cause it. In the past with other cars I have only had this problem when I tried to wipe dry glass.
Well its raining and my wipers made a chattering noise and just stopped checked the fuse its ok.
View 5 RepliesWipers, Compass and Steering Volume button stop working.... I cleared all codes, the problem still exists. I checked all the fuses, all ok. What else to do?
View 1 RepliesEverything was going good on my V8 until this week. Out of nowhere, the following happened all at once:
1. Display shows the hood as open, even though it is not.
2. Wipers work only when they want to
Also, cover to ash tray/lighter in center console popped off its tracks.
How to deal with this stuff on my own, or am I headed to service?
The 2012 PASSAT has the built in facility to operate the winsdcreen wipers and adjust the rear view mirror for bright lights. Why delivery cars having this function enabled? Dealer outright refuses to activate them, even though they appear to be the exact same as in the 2012 EOS.
View 1 RepliesI have a problem with my 2006 Phaeton. This night I found one of the headlights color is red, almost purple, the right one, the left has no problems. I suspect the windscreen reservoir is leaking, because I have put yesterday 4L of windscreen fluid and now I have this problem. The reservoir is located near the right headlight. I have emptied the reservoir right away and waited for 2 or 3 hours but when I tried the color of the right headlight was the same. How can this problem can be resolved and what exactly may be broken in the xenon system.
View 12 RepliesMy car was involved in accident 12 december 2014, still not got car back now garage. Windscreen washer not working no power to pump and they have changed the pump. I was supposed to get it back 4 times and its still not fixed.
View 2 RepliesMy wife backs our Excursion into a live oak and the rear windscreen exploded. I've already ordered new glass and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning in Brunswick. Looking for any step by step pictures. couldn't really find anything on you-tube.
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