Wiper woes: My SUV’s automatic rain sensor is all wet John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader who’s having no luck with his new vehicle’s rain-sensing system.

You could have your windshield wipers swapped out at an auto repair shop, or you could save yourself time and money by handling it on your own.

Q. My new Volkswagen is my first car with rain-sensing windshield wipers. Driving home last night, the wipers activated, but I could see no sign of precipitation. Ten or 12 seconds later, I drove into ...

Cars are packed to the gunwales these days with sensors, hand-holding driver-assist systems, and various arcane doodads that serve to isolate the driver from the actual physical act of driving. The ...

While it is definitely a first-world problem that you don’t want to manually turn on your windshield wipers when it starts raining, it is also one of those things that probably sounds easier to solve ...

A: In most of these systems, a rain sensor is located on the inside the windshield behind the rear view mirror. Infrared light is projected outward through the windshield glass at a 45 degree angle.

Water, should it get somewhere it isn't meant to be, can cause all manner of grief. Should water get into a fuel tank, it can cause corrosion, poor running and component damage. Water in carpets can ...

Tesla has released a new software update with major improvements to its automatic wiper trained with a new deep neural net previously referred to as “Deep Rain.” Like most premium vehicles today, ...