another victim of Rain X here. I finally got around to cleaning the sensor when I did my oil change this past weekend. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures, but overall it's a fairly easy job.
Pros: fairly easy job
Cons: another victim
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After buying Rain X 2 in 1 fluid and filling our Tiguan's reservoir up for a trip my wife took, she came back with the warning light on to refill the :banghead:washer tank. It wasn't empty but I topped it up and the light would still not go out.
Cons: warning light stayed on
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Quick fix for poor souls who suffered from evil Rain-X. Go to nearest pharmacy, buy two 22 oz bottles of 91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Empty your washer fluid reservoir by constantly running the pump for 2 min. Pour both bottles of rubbing alcohol into reservoir.
Pros: quick fix
Cons: suffered from Rain-X
The rain_x fluid will kill the sensor. Take it out and use brake clean. It should be good after a good cleaning. As long as the contacts on the sensor itself are clean it should be good to go.
Pros: easy to clean
Cons: kills the sensor
In my TT, I had been using orange colored Rain-X washer fluid in my car for nearly 2 years... It finally reached critical mass in my car at the beginning of September. Yellow fill washer fluid light has been on for weeks despite the tank being full.
Cons: sensor not working
Vehicle:
Audi TT
Confirmed: Orange RainX is the problem I called Rainex and after negotiating the maze that is their company phone system, I spoke to someone who seemed to know all about the problem. She said they were reformulating the product to avoid this going forwards. According to them, the sensor is not damaged by the orange Rainx but rather the sensor is "blocked" by the orange deposit.
Pros: reformulating the product
Cons: sensor is blocked
Vehicle:
Audi A3
No need for new washer fluid sensor I put the orange rain-x in my wife's 2013 JSW and the stupid light came on. I drained the fluid and put in blue fluid for probably 5 months and the light remained on. You can take off the front splash pan (8 torx screws), reach up, yank the sensor, and clean the exposed contacts with a scotch-brite pad.
Pros: easy to clean
Cons: light came on
I've been using the Rain-X washer fluid with de-icer in it for two winters and I haven't had this problem. I love this stuff as the temps here can get down to -30 C at times. This stuff combined with the heated washer nozzles will clear the ice off my windshield lickety split.
Pros: clears ice quickly
A few weeks ago I was running out of washer fluid and decided to refill with rainx de-icer since it was on sale, it's been very cold and I wasn't planning on bringing my car in for service for a while. Last week the wash fluid light came on again.
Cons: sensor issues
I've been using Rain-X Pink/Orange fluid almost exclusivley since the factory fill ran dry. We've been below 20F this entire week and not a problem with the fluid freezing.
Pros: no problem with freezing
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
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