Wiper Speed Too Fast
11-02-2012, 01:03 PM
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It's cool man, you can talk directly to me. I'm the one looking for feedback after all.
11-02-2012, 01:08 PM
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Again sorry if I crossed the line..
11-02-2012, 01:10 PM
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He could also fill out his profile and include where he lives. Then we could direct him to a desert location where you don't need wipers or a high rainfall place where the slow setting is never fast enough.
11-02-2012, 01:24 PM
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I'm in Portland. Oregon type. What desert sounds good so I'm nice and land locked? I'll sure miss the razor clams.
btw you can talk directly to me too.
nvermind, you weren't talking to me... doh
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11-02-2012, 01:28 PM
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mine is an 06 and I have not timed it officially, but I knew it was close to 30 seconds. Way more than 5 to 7 seconds. I will accept that it is only 24 seconds. 
Maybe the newer models have speed compensated wipers and yours need adjusting. There is no mention of this being included on 06 models owners manual. Hope you get it sorted out.
Mike
Maybe the newer models have speed compensated wipers and yours need adjusting. There is no mention of this being included on 06 models owners manual. Hope you get it sorted out.
Mike
11-02-2012, 01:30 PM
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So if they run slower at idle than at 70 even when using the same intermittent setting, could a low voltage battery be causing these issues?
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11-02-2012, 01:31 PM
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mine is an 06 and I have not timed it officially, but I knew it was close to 30 seconds. Way more than 5 to 7 seconds. I will accept that it is only 24 seconds.
Maybe the newer models have speed compensated wipers and yours need adjusting. There is no mention of this being included on 06 models owners manual. Hope you get it sorted out.
Mike
Maybe the newer models have speed compensated wipers and yours need adjusting. There is no mention of this being included on 06 models owners manual. Hope you get it sorted out.
Mike
11-02-2012, 01:33 PM
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11-02-2012, 01:40 PM
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The plot thickens.
My interval times speed up as the car is in motion. I just wen to check mine idling in the driveway and it was 12.5 seconds on the slowest.
At first I thought I was loosing my GD mind as this was much better than when it was bothering me recently on the open road. Then it occurred to me that they must speed up as the car does. Sure enough....
So basically at 60-70 miles an hour the slowest setting increases in rate to a frequency that is intolerable.
A couple things strike me odd.
a) that even idling I'm still seeing a slowest speed of 12.5 seconds as compared to the 22-24 seconds earlier model owners are reporting.
b) that i always try to figure things out on my own without conferring my owner's manual which I still have not done and it is in the next room over.
c) I have read posts (in my initial search about this topic) that the advertising phrase "speed sensitive" was just a misnomer really meaning nothing more than controllable speeds.
d)Unless I find a way to change the programming in the manual I'm right back to square one. That the Wiper speeds in this car suck pond water for they cannot be adjusted slow enough for misty conditions on the open road at speed.
My interval times speed up as the car is in motion. I just wen to check mine idling in the driveway and it was 12.5 seconds on the slowest.
At first I thought I was loosing my GD mind as this was much better than when it was bothering me recently on the open road. Then it occurred to me that they must speed up as the car does. Sure enough....
So basically at 60-70 miles an hour the slowest setting increases in rate to a frequency that is intolerable.
A couple things strike me odd.
a) that even idling I'm still seeing a slowest speed of 12.5 seconds as compared to the 22-24 seconds earlier model owners are reporting.
b) that i always try to figure things out on my own without conferring my owner's manual which I still have not done and it is in the next room over.
c) I have read posts (in my initial search about this topic) that the advertising phrase "speed sensitive" was just a misnomer really meaning nothing more than controllable speeds.
d)Unless I find a way to change the programming in the manual I'm right back to square one. That the Wiper speeds in this car suck pond water for they cannot be adjusted slow enough for misty conditions on the open road at speed.
The Corvette does not have a speed sensative wiper system.
The Corvette has 3 fuses and two relays and a diode associated with the wiper system. In the under hood fuse box, fuse #4 and relay #41 (Windshielf wiper High / Low)and #45 (Windshield Wiper On/Off) and in the passenger footwell fuse box, fuses "HTD SEAT/WPR RLY" and "Wiper Dwell".
The intermittant speed setting is commanded by the BCM. The motor is a two speed motor and uses five delay resistors in the stalk switch to alter the operation of the low speed setting to produce "intermittent" operation. The movement of the stalk switch commands an immediate low speed wipe operation and the resistors activate a timed wipe based on the switch setting (resistance value).
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11-02-2012, 01:48 PM
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Simply stated, there is something wrong with your intermittant wiper system. You can't reprogram it. The dealer will need to read the signals that your BCM is outputting on the various settings that your stalk switch is set to.
The Corvette does not have a speed sensative wiper system.
The Corvette has 3 fuses and two relays and a diode associated with the wiper system. In the under hood fuse box, fuse #4 and relay #41 (Windshielf wiper High / Low)and #45 (Windshield Wiper On/Off) and in the passenger footwell fuse box, fuses "HTD SEAT/WPR RLY" and "Wiper Dwell".
The intermittant speed setting is commanded by the BCM. The motor is a two speed motor and uses five delay resistors in the stalk switch to alter the operation of the low speed setting to produce "intermittent" operation. The movement of the stalk switch commands an immediate low speed wipe operation and the resistors activate a timed wipe based on the switch setting (resistance value).
The Corvette does not have a speed sensative wiper system.
The Corvette has 3 fuses and two relays and a diode associated with the wiper system. In the under hood fuse box, fuse #4 and relay #41 (Windshielf wiper High / Low)and #45 (Windshield Wiper On/Off) and in the passenger footwell fuse box, fuses "HTD SEAT/WPR RLY" and "Wiper Dwell".
The intermittant speed setting is commanded by the BCM. The motor is a two speed motor and uses five delay resistors in the stalk switch to alter the operation of the low speed setting to produce "intermittent" operation. The movement of the stalk switch commands an immediate low speed wipe operation and the resistors activate a timed wipe based on the switch setting (resistance value).
c) I have read posts (in my initial search about this topic) that the advertising phrase "speed sensitive" was just a misnomer really meaning nothing more than controllable speeds.
11-02-2012, 02:08 PM
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Thank you. Even simpler stated does this mean that my wiper speeds should not in any way increase as the wheel speed does? Essentially validating this?:
c) I have read posts (in my initial search about this topic) that the advertising phrase "speed sensitive" was just a misnomer really meaning nothing more than controllable speeds.
c) I have read posts (in my initial search about this topic) that the advertising phrase "speed sensitive" was just a misnomer really meaning nothing more than controllable speeds.
Both speed sensing and moisture sensing wiper systems were looked at for the Corvette and neither were implemented.
You have something wrong with your wiper system. It is not something you will likely be able to fix on your own. You will need to get the car looked at by a competent service technician.
