It being springtime here in the mountains, I have had plenty of opportunity to play with the wiper speed controls. I have not been able to find that it has any effect on the wiper speed, except that if set on AUTO bumping it to a higher setting will cause the wipers to cycle immediately one time, but no apparent change in ongoing cycle time.
Yesterday, I had an appointment in a town 2 hours away. On the return trip, it was misting rain intermittently. I had the controls set to AUTO and speed setting set to the maximum. I commonly collected too much rain on the windshield before the wipers would cycle. Finally, I turned the wipers OFF and just pushed the wiper lever UP to get one cycle of the wipers when needed.
I think it would be so much simpler and effective if I had the choice of an adjustable “intermittent” setting, in addition to the AUTO setting (which DOES work well, sometimes.)
Wayne
