Wipers not working.

[MG5 2022 driver]

Started driving my MG5 (Facelift version) when light rain started fpalling. No matter what I did with the wiper stalk nothing happened. Stopped the car and shut down the engine. Wipers immediately started.

Started the engine again and wipers worked properly.

Any thoughts or solutions?

 

[m4rmite]

I've had the same but only once in nearly 2 years, hopefully that's your only 1.

 

[dragon2611]

No but is the rain sensing mode any good for other people.

Mine seems to have a mind of it's own and has little bearing on how hard it's raining.

 

[SimonomiS]

No but is the rain sensing mode any good for other people.

Mine seems to have a mind of it's own and has little bearing on how hard it's raining.

I would say it was OK for me most of the time though have had a few occasions where I've turned it off for being over enthusiastic and sometimes for being a little slow to react but generally speaking it's fine. Easy enough to override of course. That said, if there were an option to remove the rain sensing panel for a bit more upper windscreen visibility and to go back to 100% human wiper control I'd probably take that!

 

[Amun]

I haven't found auto rain sensing to work for me in either car - but at least in the Ford I can turn it off. I find it much better to do it manually.

 

[Dino]

I have had this once on my pre facelift SR. Stop and start cleared the fault. I think it was caused by trying to switch things on too quickly on start up