Originally Posted by Allen K

If both the lights and the wipers are on auto, my '18 Odyssey turns on the headlights after a bit. Of course, my auto wipers rarely ever work so I end up manually turning it on anyway.

Originally Posted by patgilm

Funny you mention this. I just leased a Durango SRT a few months ago and this is one of the features that I love. I can set my headlights to come on automatically when my windshield wipers are on.

Originally Posted by jrmckinley

Out of curiosity, what is the process Dodge set up to allow you to activate this feature? Is it done through car settings (like through the nav system) or is it a switch or button on/near where wiper or headlight controls are located?

Originally Posted by Johnhav430

Is there an issue with the rain sensor? Two of our cars have auto wipers, and it's one of my all time favorite features, because the intermittent does not have to be touched, very convenient...

Originally Posted by patgilm

It's in one of the customization screen settings on the navigation touchscreen. When I got the truck I was customizing all of the options on the touchscreen and when I saw this feature for the headlights I was like "cool"! With my IS350 when I am driving in the rain during the day I have to look at the gauge cluster to see if the headlight notification light is on or off to determine if I need to turn it on manually.

Originally Posted by jrmckinley

I admit I only buy used vehicles so am sometimes a bit behind the times on features, but I also rent cars almost every week which gives me exposure to 2017 and 2018 models from various manufacturers. One thing I have never seen is a car that will automatically turn on your lights when it's raining. In the "auto" headlight setting, the lights only come on when it is dark outside. Anyone who has ever been in FL during the summer and driven through one of our daily afternoon thunderstorm monsoons knows there are times when you can't see more than 15-20 feet in front of you - so you really need to have your lights on in order to allow the car behind you to see you. Almost every week since summer started I have been in some type of rain storm where no one on the interstate exceeds 35mph because the rain is that heavy and visibility is so limited. We have rain-sensing windshield wipers - why not a feature that also turns on the headlights when it senses rain for a certain period of time (30 seconds maybe) and then turns them off when the rain stops?

I have to assume this exists- if so, please let me know which manufacturers and models you have seen offer this very simple but helpful and safe feature. It seems like a no-brainer.

Originally Posted by Allen K

Probably. On the ody forums, it seems to be a fairly common issue. I like the van, but there are a few little things that annoy me about it. One of them is the auto wipers, the second is that if the key fob is within 2-3 inches of a phone, the doors won't unlock.

Originally Posted by Johnhav430

I remember a few years ago my friend said on his Odyssey someone else connected to their bluetooth (in Center City Phila, presumably from the sidewalk)? Not sure how when I try to think about it, usually there is some random code that has to be entered to pair.

Along the same lines, my wife is not one to ever turn off bluetooth or wifi (like when you are not driving or you are not home), I am the opposite, keep them off when I am not connecting to anything (there is traffic created when your phone is scanning for wifi say as you drive through a city). We are coming back from the GMC dealer, she is in the Lexus, and she is behind me. She goes to call me, and my speakers suddenly come online and are all crackly--she is connected to the GM, and her iPhone is using the speakers of the GM to try to talk, so I can't hear anything. One would have thought engineers could have prevented it. But it's likely the Lexus' fault, somehow she didn't connect to "it" as it's a 2006 and she has a iPhone 6 (they are paired)....

Originally Posted by jrmckinley

I'm 39 with 20/15 vision and 2 times in the last 48 hours I drove through afternoon rain storms while on 95 where I was going under 40mph and could not see a car more than 2 car lengths in front of me unless it had full headlights on (which obviously activates the tail lights). I should have been more clear-

Originally Posted by patgilm

While off topic, the one feature I do like on my IS350 that I don't have on my other cars is the ability to rewind live radio. I miss that with my other cars.

Originally Posted by patgilm

While off topic, the one feature I do like on my IS350 that I don't have on my other cars is the ability to rewind live radio. I miss that with my other cars.

Originally Posted by jrmckinley

I admit I only buy used vehicles so am sometimes a bit behind the times on features, but I also rent cars almost every week which gives me exposure to 2017 and 2018 models from various manufacturers. One thing I have never seen is a car that will automatically turn on your lights when it's raining. In the "auto" headlight setting, the lights only come on when it is dark outside. Anyone who has ever been in FL during the summer and driven through one of our daily afternoon thunderstorm monsoons knows there are times when you can't see more than 15-20 feet in front of you - so you really need to have your lights on in order to allow the car behind you to see you. Almost every week since summer started I have been in some type of rain storm where no one on the interstate exceeds 35mph because the rain is that heavy and visibility is so limited. We have rain-sensing windshield wipers - why not a feature that also turns on the headlights when it senses rain for a certain period of time (30 seconds maybe) and then turns them off when the rain stops?

I have to assume this exists- if so, please let me know which manufacturers and models you have seen offer this very simple but helpful and safe feature. It seems like a no-brainer.