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Old Feb 3, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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Does anybody know where the adjustment is for the automatic headlights and windshield wipers? I find they are too sensitive and the lights come on when it is bright out, and the windshield wipers come on when there is very little rain.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:27 AM
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The sensitivty for the wipers is on the wipers control arm i believe,..read your owners manual..as for the headlights, i don't believe there is a sensitivity control.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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Default RE: automatic headlights and windshield wipers

For auto headlights, you can make them less sensative by covering the light sensor with tint or some such method. I don't think there's typically any option for adjusting when they come on, or the hysteresis (on-off threshold overlap) of the on / off brightness.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Tint would make the lights come on sooner, by fooling the sensor into thinking it's dark already.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 09:40 PM
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The dealer may be able to adjust the sensitivity of the auto-headlights by plugging into the PJB. The auto-wiper's sensitivity is adjusted with the wheel on the wiper stalk. Note: they'll still wipe at the same speed, but they'll wipe more often or less often depending on where you put the dial.
 
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