Window wiper speed control? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

NWFRS · 01-03-2019, 08:12 PM

I was wondering if I was the only one with my window wiper speed control “ring” wired backward? It’s never bothered me. Just thought it was interesting. On my car I roll the ring backward to increase the wiper speed. The graphic would suggest the exact opposite. My wife’s RAV4 of the same year has the same graphic on the same ring but is wired intuitively-you roll it forward to increase the wiper speed.

Brink · 01-03-2019, 08:27 PM

I find it intuitive, the ring rolls backward/down to increase speed, just as moving the lever down increases speed. Keeps it so that down is consistently faster and up is consistently slower.

NWFRS · 01-03-2019, 08:33 PM

Oh really?! Shoot maybe our RAV4 is backward then. I just assumed that the speed should increase with the size of the graphic. Like a vent or temp control graphic. Bigger = faster/more.

n0thing · 01-03-2019, 08:40 PM

The dial adjusts the delay, so the wider graphic = longer delay.

humfrz · 01-03-2019, 08:42 PM

Our Saturn works one way, the FR-S the other way.

No matter which car I'm in, I turn it the wrong way.

So, it makes no difference to me -

humfrz

PetrolioBenzina · 01-03-2019, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n0thing

The dial adjusts the delay, so the wider graphic = longer delay.

This is the correct answer.

Stephen W. · 01-03-2019, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Our Saturn works one way, the FR-S the other way.

No matter which car I'm in, I turn it the wrong way.

So, it makes no difference to me -

humfrz

Well those are two very different manufacturers. I hate that Subaru keeps changing things. Why can't they leave the basic controls the same across all models year to year.
I turn the wiper speed control clockwise, (toward the windshield) in my 2006 Sti but counter clockwise in the wife's 2016 STi as well as my 2018 BRZ tS.
And don't get me started on the single swipe and washer squirter controls...

suzyj · 01-03-2019, 11:23 PM

Pah! I’ve got a Peugeot as my other car. The windscreen on both the pug and the 86 are spotless.

humfrz · 01-04-2019, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Well those are two very different manufacturers. I hate that Subaru keeps changing things. Why can't they leave the basic controls the same across all models year to year.
I turn the wiper speed control clockwise, (toward the windshield) in my 2006 Sti but counter clockwise in the wife's 2016 STi as well as my 2018 BRZ tS.
And don't get me started on the single swipe and washer squirter controls...

Welp, we could go back to the old days with the vacuum wipers that had two speeds, slow and stop (if the engine was using all the vacuum).

humfrz

humfrz · 01-04-2019, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzyj

Pah! I’ve got a Peugeot as my other car. The windscreen on both the pug and the 86 are spotless.

Well, that went over my head -

humfrz

PetrolioBenzina · 01-04-2019, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, we could go back to the old days with the vacuum wipers that had two speeds, slow and stop (if the engine was using all the vacuum).

humfrz

Better yet, manual!

86MLR · 01-04-2019, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, we could go back to the old days with the vacuum wipers that had two speeds, slow and stop (if the engine was using all the vacuum).

humfrz

What do you mean old days, the R series Mack trucks at work still run them.

Well, we still have them until they are fully replaced by the new MAN trucks, which keep breaking by they way.

Typical......

JD001 · 01-04-2019, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Well those are two very different manufacturers. I hate that Subaru keeps changing things. Why can't they leave the basic controls the same across all models year to year.
I turn the wiper speed control clockwise, (toward the windshield) in my 2006 Sti but counter clockwise in the wife's 2016 STi as well as my 2018 BRZ tS.
And don't get me started on the single swipe and washer squirter controls...

Not the Subaru that I've got to know...

stevesnj · 01-04-2019, 09:18 PM

Did you read the owners manual?

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NWFRS Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: ‘13 FRS Location: USA Posts: 1,296 Thanks: 3,945 Thanked 1,502 Times in 634 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Oh really?! Shoot maybe our RAV4 is backward then. I just assumed that the speed should increase with the size of the graphic. Like a vent or temp control graphic. Bigger = faster/more. __________________ http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82872

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Brink Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2017 BRZ Location: CA Posts: 665 Thanks: 200 Thanked 392 Times in 236 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I find it intuitive, the ring rolls backward/down to increase speed, just as moving the lever down increases speed. Keeps it so that down is consistently faster and up is consistently slower.

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n0thing Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: Subaru BRZ Location: Markham Posts: 394 Thanks: 48 Thanked 90 Times in 53 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The dial adjusts the delay, so the wider graphic = longer delay.

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suzyj Member Join Date: Dec 2018 Drives: 2018 86 GTS Location: Western Australia Posts: 89 Thanks: 48 Thanked 143 Times in 50 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Pah! I’ve got a Peugeot as my other car. The windscreen on both the pug and the 86 are spotless.

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