Automatic Rain Close

[wweldin]

How can you tell if your car has this feature?

 

[Steve A]

Spray water on it and see if the windows close automatically.

 

[breaking badly]

Not enabled from factory.
After coding with VCDS you'll find it in the menue (Car > windows), then
you can activate rain closing each time you need it. Since it draws some
power/current, it should not be active permanently, as you don't want a
dead battery after two weeks standing in an airport parking lot.
From what I remember it's only possible up to 2015, not on 2016 models.

 

[The Fed]

Not enabled from factory.
After coding with VCDS you'll find it in the menue (Car > windows), then
you can activate rain closing each time you need it. Since it draws some
power/current, it should not be active permanently, as you don't want a
dead battery after two weeks standing in an airport parking lot.
From what I remember it's only possible up to 2015, not on 2016 models.

Even when the alarm is set and the car goes into sleep mode?

 

[Agorina]

^yes, I accidently tested the theory.

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[lcubed]

Not enabled from factory.
After coding with VCDS you'll find it in the menue (Car > windows), then
you can activate rain closing each time you need it. Since it draws some
power/current, it should not be active permanently, as you don't want a
dead battery after two weeks standing in an airport parking lot.
From what I remember it's only possible up to 2015, not on 2016 models.

you would really leave your car at the airport with the windows opens for two weeks??

 

[quailallstar]

This works on my 16 SE W / lighting

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[TwinDad]

you would really leave your car at the airport with the windows opens for two weeks??

That's not what he meant. It means it stays on in alert mode. Doesn't matter if the Windows are down. It's a steady drain unless you turn it off

 

[rfc89747]

Not enabled from factory.
After coding with VCDS you'll find it in the menue (Car > windows), then
you can activate rain closing each time you need it. Since it draws some
power/current, it should not be active permanently, as you don't want a
dead battery after two weeks standing in an airport parking lot.
From what I remember it's only possible up to 2015, not on 2016 models.

Really, that kind of make the feature pointless doesn't it? If I'm going to be expecting rain I would just put my windows up. The rain sensing auto up would only be useful for those freak rain days, but if you can't keep it enabled all the time then it probably wouldn't be enabled for those days anyway.

BTW OP you need to have the rain sensing wipers for this feature to be coded and work in the first place. Just in case that wasn't known. The sensor is only on SE models and up.

 

[The Fed]

I had a Mazda with a sunroof years ago. It was a clear day without a cloud in the sky. We stopped in a furniture store for 15 minutes. I left the sunroof open. When we came out the seats were soaked. That freak rain did a great job. So if you use your sunroof or like to leave your windows down, it's not a bad feature to have. Like was stated, (try) to remember to shut it off if your car sits idle for days at a time.

 

[rfc89747]

I had a Mazda with a sunroof years ago. It was a clear day without a cloud in the sky. We stopped in a furniture store for 15 minutes. I left the sunroof open. When we came out the seats were soaked. That freak rain did a great job. So if you use your sunroof or like to leave your windows down, it's not a bad feature to have. Like was stated, (try) to remember to shut it off if your car sits idle for days at a time.

I definitely understand the merits of the feature. I currently drive a jeep wrangler. I've had a few occasions where the top was down and a freak downpour completely soaked my interior. My point is, if you have to turn the feature off to stop it from draining your battery, how do you know when you need to turn it off? You would have to turn it on every time you start your car, and turn it off when you park. Otherwise you are not going to have it turned on, and the freak rainstorm is still going to soak your interior.

 

[Finglonga]

It is not meant to be left on for a long period of time, in the real world nobody would do that anyway. I use mine all the time with no problems and it works like a charm.

 

[rfc89747]

It is not meant to be left on for a long period of time, in the real world nobody would do that anyway. I use mine all the time with no problems and it works like a charm.

Sorry, I'm just not seeing it guys. When do you turn yours on then? When you are expecting it to rain? Why not just put your windows up if that is the case?

 

[Onthezone]

Sorry, I'm just not seeing it guys. When do you turn yours on then? When you are expecting it to rain? Why not just put your windows up if that is the case?

If you know your cars going to be sitting for a couple of weeks then turn it off then back on when you get back in the car. I have the feature enabled and never turned it off even on a week vacation.

 

[KawaZukiVdub]

Hmm, looks like I'll turn my off, I didn't know that it was a battery drain to leave it on... I'm w/rfc89747 then, makes the feature kind of pointless, though in "The Fed's" case, having the option now is nice, just in case of a freak incident like that. I don't think I have fully coded it to work anyways though lol.