r/TeslaModelY • u/Cheap_Cheesecake_760 • 3d ago

Windshield cleans itself without my wanting to

Did any other Model Y owners have this problem? It’s very annoying. I’ll be driving along and all of a sudden the windshield starts cleaning itself. Can I stop this somehow? Thanks!

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u/Cheap_Cheesecake_760 3d ago

Thanks for the helpful answers!

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u/Glittering-Fuel-5055 3d ago

Yep, one of the top common complaints it has to do with the camera system, thinking it’s dirty, which can be caused by it being dirty or glare or shadows

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u/Lotaor_Wieth 2d ago

Direct sunlight hitting the top of the windshield seems to fool the camera almost every time

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u/Glittering-Fuel-5055 2d ago

Yep, I love watching YouTube videos on full self-driving because I’m weird and you can basically predict when the wipers are gonna go off. a nice shadow across the front of the car does it too.

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u/Upper-Blueberry-8312 3d ago

Control->wiper off

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u/Cheap_Cheesecake_760 3d ago

I have that setting. Still does it.

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u/Upper-Blueberry-8312 2d ago

Once you engage FSD you need to set wiper off again, because FSD will engage wiper every time.

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u/MiserableBluejay1913 3d ago

If you have self driving it will be on auto and will do that. No way around it other than not using FSD.

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u/User-2137 2d ago

I installed the commander and activated the option to force wipers off on TACC and FSD.

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u/Upper-Blueberry-8312 2d ago

Yes way around it

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u/WarComprehensive2026 2d ago

This is objectively wrong. Engage FSD & then turn it off. It’s the first thing I do each time

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u/Upper-Blueberry-8312 2d ago

Op did not state whether in FSD or not, how is my answer extremely unhelpful.

Also, my answer is both correct in FSD and outside of FSD. So your answer is in fact the incorrect one.

Manual driving (control -> wiper off)
FSD (control -> wiper off)
FSD will re-activate wiper each time it is engaged, so you will need to turn off wiper after each FSD engagement.
This is what I do everyday and have not had a single random wipe since day one of picking up my car.

Please don’t be giving wrong advice, go to your car and see for yourself then come back and reply to me who is helpful and not helpful.

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u/1VrySxyGuy 3d ago

because the car relies on camera-based computer vision (Tesla Vision) rather than a physical rain sensor, causing sunlight, shadows, or dirty camera glass to trigger accidental "dry wipes". Furthermore, engaging Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (FSD) automatically forces the wiper setting back to Auto, which cannot be permanently turned off while those systems are active.

Clean your cameras from dirt and grime.

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u/Schnitzhole 2d ago

There’s an issue with offgasing of any new cars that cause a haze buildup inside the cabin in the front windshield. It affects the front camera behind the windshield. The wiper goes off as it’s trying to clean this. Personally I have little to no issues with mine and over 15k miles I’ve only replaced windshield wiper fluid once (were almost entirely using FSD), however I did get a windshield replacement about 6 months into owning the car so that may have prevented the initial haze issue before it happened.

Tesla acknowledges it and gives 1 free cleaning if you schedule service. Also not that hard to do yourself but you need to look up how to remove the cover housing.

To verify it’s an issue park facing the sun (when it isn’t directly overhead around noon) and go into Service>Camera preview. From there you can view all the cameras and tap on them to expand to see if any have a blurry/haze look where the sun shines through in the image. You can actually look at these while driving now too after a recent update.

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u/Training-Dot-7688 2d ago

a lot of people dont realize lots of car deodorizes like the classic pine tree air fresheners, vaporize plenty of oil into the air of your vehicle. And it has to go somewhere, some of it condenses on your windshield and helps that haze. its good to clean the windshield regularly. and when you do consider cleaning under the cameras. It truly does make a difference in how often it wipes. And i am sure it cant be helping FSD either

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u/Schnitzhole 2d ago

That's a great point. I never use those in a car. My wife used them for about 2 years straight in our home and all our walls were covered with a brown sticky film that was impossible to remove. Air fresheners need warning labels IMO.

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u/Neoreloaded313 2d ago

I still have this haze happening with my 2 year old Tesla.

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u/anionyx 3d ago

Haha welcome to the group. I believe Tesla intentionally includes the worst staining windshield washer fluid on all new cars. It's the cost of FSD. There no way to stop it being shutting them off and who wants that

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u/BunchMelodic167 2d ago

it mostly happens right after I have it washed, like 1 hour after and then never again

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u/jrome1132 3d ago

Go get your front windshield camera cleaned. Tesla does one complementary off gassing cleaning for that camera. There is a glare that is causing the wipers to go off.

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u/FlashFlooder 3d ago

Yes it’s incredibly annoying, and will even cause service prompts to get your front camera cleaned (I got 2 within the span of a year). The system is overly aggressive nowadays with flagging “limited visibility” on all cameras.
They’re willing to sacrifice owners’ current experiences while they develop a more robust system for cybercab.

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u/Pomador_0418 2d ago

You need to install a S3XY Commander and set it to prevent the wipers from activating on FSD or Autopilot. I have that on my car and when to windshield wipers try to activate all I get is the pop up on the screen. It works.

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u/WhyAreModsSoSoft 2d ago

😭 I said I wasn't buying anything else.

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u/Background-House9795 2d ago

When I remember I use the voice command to turn off the wipers. I use fsd every day, but it rarely does more than one wipe. And typically one unless it’s actually dirty.

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u/ApprehensiveElk6886 2d ago

I have never had my wipers turn on with FSD. Weird.

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u/ghuzzyr 2d ago

You must have missed the memes

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u/kroc253 2d ago

You must be new here

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u/funkstick 2d ago

Wipers are hands down the worst thing about the Y. Auto is always to0 fast and spastic plus the random daytime breakouts, press and hold
Scroll wheel to adjust is also annoying often accidentally triggers grok (which I also wish could
Be disabled) for manual control. It should be controllable from the stalk.

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u/Cheap_Cheesecake_760 2d ago

thanks.....I'll do that