I like mine.

 

I like mine more than I dislike it. I wish there was one less sensitive option.

 

Everyone seems pretty consistent with their answers...we either don't like it because it's oversensitive or maybe our personal threshold for what we feel is the proper speed is slightly different and those who like them only seem to use the lowest setting. So it's either off or lowest setting.

This is not the way Auto wipers work typically. Normally sensitivity is set so an average person would pick a place in the middle and have maybe a slight variation from there either up a notch or down a notch to adjust for personal preferences.

Seems to me this is another example of some safety bean counter at Ford having the sensitivity cranked way up so nobody can sue Ford for "well I had the auto wipers set and I couldn't see through the rain on my windshield when I hit the XYY (fill in the blank)".

 

I'll have to give it a try again this winter.

 

That doesn't sound like mine on my 17. They don't stay at high speed on slow drizzle. In a situation where it's light rain constant, then a big rain hits, yes they jump to full speed, but then they slow down to an appropriate setting. It's only a few seconds or less. Or another example: If a car coming the other direction hits a big hole and splashes the windshield, they'll jump to full speed, which is too much, but then they come back down to slow drizzle speed. Now if it's misting here and there, I just turn them off, bump the lever occasionally.

 

I'm in the other boat. I wish mine were more aggressive. On the slower settings, visibility through the windshield becomes difficult before the next swipe. I'm happy leaving it on the higher automatic settings.

 

Turned mine off the first time it rained.

 

I usually run mine on the lowest sensitivity, turn that dial off all the way and run just enough they wipe once. It will be every so often only, highly intermittent. Sometimes I click it up one. Now I have new wiper blades and no screeching and skipping, they work well. These auto wipers should only ever be on one at least just in case saved my bacon once when son and slush came across from oncoming lane and covered the windshield completely. Three fast swipes and I could see again. I always leave them on at least the first setting. I spec wash the truck a lot and always wash windows before a trip.

 

Ummmm, nope...........they work just fine for me.
No complaints at all.
If they’re in the lowest sensitivity setting, you should be fine.

 

Just to be clear (no pun intended), I meant to be chewin’ on Ford, not you. My sarcastic translation of their disclaimer is that the AW feature may not work (well) in normal environment conditions. Perhaps the sensor is in the wrong spot on the windshield.

While I have tried adjusting the sensitivity, I just haven’t been able to find a satisfactory sweet spot. I’ll give it another go,

Safe travels during the holiday!
Jim / crewzer

 

Mine work fine also, I've only had them sweep a couple of times abnormally.

 

Hey Jim...Thank you. I never took your comment as you were chewin' on me. I appreciate the message though.

While I do enjoy my Fords there are a few items I wish were engineered differently on these trucks and I wish the Ford engineers were more responsive in coming up with solutions. This wiper condition is one of them for sure.

 

One or 2 clicks up is all you need. Have to adjust them sometimes but it works ok.

 

Wipers? Don't use them except in snow. RainX all the things.

 

I agree with what he said , maybe one more click to lower sensitivity .