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Originally Posted by 370Z Purist
What? They don't have their own separate control like a rear window wiper would be like?
Then that's the balls... that sucks.
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No - they're a legal requirement over here if you have xenon/bi-xenon headlights, because dirt is supposed to seriously impair their performance (more so than a standard headlamp bulb) - anytime you've got your headlights on they squirt the first time you use the screenwash, then the 10th time, then the 20th, 30th, 40th etc - unless you turn the ignition off, then they squirt the first time again, and so on!!! The only way to prevent them from working is to have the main beam switched off - or disconnect them, which some people do, but you fail the yearly M O T test (Ministry of Transport) if they don't work.
As far as I'm concerned, they're actually quite dangerous because if I'm driving along a dark road I will switch my main beams off if I need to use the screenwash, just so I don't get crap all over the bonnet - even if it means driving in total darkness for a few seconds lol. Yes, it suks!