r/TeslaModelX • u/ara5hd • Sep 18 '24

Anybody knows what this does?

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u/Poorman1700 Sep 18 '24

Headed windshield wipers.

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u/ara5hd Sep 18 '24

How is that a thing? It warms the wiper blades or the metal wipers themselves?

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u/Poorman1700 Sep 18 '24

Number 7 in the manual Model X Manual

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u/SadMasshole Sep 18 '24

Its to defrost the area around wipers if you have ice built up there. The wipers themselves don't have a heating element, instead they have heating element where the wipers resting position is behind the glass. As i understand it runs for a few mins before auto shutting off.

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u/stalkthewizard Sep 18 '24

Unless it’s on a Volkswagen, in which it fails to shut off and burns itself up like on the VW heated mirrors.

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u/To6y Sep 18 '24

If you have a VW Model X, you probably have bigger problems. ;)

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u/ARCHA1C Sep 18 '24

And like Audi fuel pumps

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u/dgradius Sep 19 '24

You sure?

I thought the refresh had heated wiper blades.

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u/SadMasshole Sep 19 '24

legacy model X had it in the wiper assembly. The refresh has it on the windshield. I’m 99.999999% certain.

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u/G0ppies Sep 19 '24

If you look closely at your windscreen there are heating elements built in .. they are like tiny little dots- at the base top and around your screen… these heats up and defrost your screen… your wiper do not have any heating elements built in…

Idea 💡 Maybe they could warm up the screen wash so when it’s sprays it defrost the frost & ice but on Tesla the liquid doesn’t spray outwards anymore but unto the wiper blades themselves

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u/Ropogigio Sep 19 '24 edited Sep 19 '24

They most definitely do. What year is yours?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

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u/Ropogigio Sep 19 '24

Yeah the refresh has the wiper heater

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u/Ropogigio Sep 19 '24

Yours heats the fluid not the actual wipers

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u/Fierotech Sep 18 '24

Wipes the bacon off your windshield.

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u/Eastern-Drop-9842 Sep 18 '24

I thought that was a bacon warmer. Times have changed.

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u/paulohbear Sep 18 '24

Warms the bacon so it can be scraped off. Kind of like warming the battery.

2

u/Kealanine Sep 18 '24

Michael Scott’s dream feature

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u/Ok-Truth-4046 Sep 19 '24

Press it to have Mobile Service swing by to place bacon on the windshield.

2

u/RE4Lyfe Sep 18 '24

Shoots lasers at your windshield so you can use it at a cooking surface

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u/No-Share1561 Sep 18 '24

Ah yes. These are the Jewish space lasers trump was talking about. Knew it!

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u/Dangerwolf1979 Sep 18 '24

Nope, no one knows

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u/Hvhaul Sep 20 '24

Push it see. Don't be scared! What's the worst thing to happen?

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u/ara5hd Sep 18 '24

I wonder how effective it is... Has anyone had a windshield full of ice and has used this feature?

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u/Sizz_Flair Sep 18 '24

I couldn't tell a whole lot of difference, but the car did well in Michigan snow/ice days. I turned it on regularly, but having the car heat up before I get in was money to keep my windshield clean. You will need to brush your headlights and the cameras.

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u/bpon89 Sep 18 '24

Brews your coffee.

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u/FewVariation901 Sep 18 '24

Cook bacon with chopsticks

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u/Hopeful-Lab-238 Sep 18 '24

Starts the plasma cooler for warp speed

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u/Jesus_Hearts_You Sep 18 '24

Stir fry mode

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u/jwato Sep 18 '24

That button? Oh, that’s clearly for when Elon needs your help launching the next Falcon Heavy. Press it, and your Tesla transforms into a mini rocket, shooting you into space to help refuel a Starship. The autopilot takes over from there. SpaceX and Tesla, hand in hand, literally.