My gs300 windshield sprayer has never worked. I bought a replacement pump, but have been too lazy to fix it till tonight.
Looked up forums on how to replace, and bumper needs to come off. Great. Watch YouTube on how to remove, and nearly break my bumper thanks to idiot YouTuber who doesnt show 4 extra bolts required. Spend forever trying to get said bolts, and realize the pump doesnt need the bumper off. Replace pump, and still doesn't work.
Read forum on which fuse to fix. Find someone who has the same issue. The reply:
"How are you activating the switch to spray? Are you pressing the button or pulling the stalk towards you?"
You've got to be E36 M3ting me.
I'm guessing you didn't read the owner's manual.
I only say this because I was having trouble with something like that in a car, my wife said, "Maybe it's in the manual," then read the manual and the answer was in there. I learned my lesson.
All Japanese cars I have owned sinnce 1981, (43 total vehicles), has been pull stalk towards you to spray.
Zoinks. Gotta be smarter than the button.
In reply to mr2s2000elise :
Every car I've ever driven has been pull to spray. The wipers even come on like when you pull to spray. The genius engineer decided pull to spray wasn't good enough for lexus. No, this car needs a button.
I get cheesed off when they put the wiper stalk on the right side of the wheel. That's my shifting arm, ya dolts! Keep the wipers on the left, built into the turn signal lever, like the universe intended!
Also, in Fords the spray is usually activated by pushing in on the end of the lever, so there's no universal standard, I guess.
Grizz
UberDork
7/18/19 7:40 p.m.
In reply to lnlogauge :
superfluous buttons give the atmosphere of luxury.
slowbird said:
I get cheesed off when they put the wiper stalk on the right side of the wheel. That's my shifting arm, ya dolts! Keep the wipers on the left, built into the turn signal lever, like the universe intended!
Also, in Fords the spray is usually activated by pushing in on the end of the lever, so there's no universal standard, I guess.
I would never buy a car with left side wiper
american cars i rent are moronic where signal stalk cant be turned tk operate headlight. You gotta reach over for another button left of turn signal stalk
I like the setup in my Jeep. 1 stalk. Pull for high beams on / off (half-pull to flash). Twist the end for wipers, push in to spray windshield (and wipe). Up / down for turn signals. Headlights are on the dash (within easy reach), but they're auto, so rarely touched anyway.
BMW setup isn't bad, but not great. Headlights are still a twist knob on the dash, but not auto. Easy to reach, but the fog lights are on the other side of the dash for the times you want them. Left stick is just turn signals and a button for the display on the cluster. Right stick is wipers.
At least neither of mine have the moronic Toyota cruise stick that's downright irritating to use compared to a few well-placed buttons on the wheel.
Remember the mustangs with the horn on a stalk?
I prefer the stalks to be segregated. It’s just cleaner to me that way.
Also, American cars where you half pull to flash highs and full pull to keep them on are the worst. Push forward for constant on makes so much more sense to me. Every time I try to flash the high beams on an American car I accidentally pull all the way. It’s irritating.
OP, bummer. But hey it works!
My 88 Celica All-Trac was push in to spray.
I drove the shop loaner Forester (the one that I wanted to buy but was sold the S40 instead) from Cleveland to Columbus and back and came back bitching that the washer squirters didn't work.
Because I am posting in this thread, you know what happened.
Extra bonus points, I used to OWN a Subaru.
mtn
MegaDork
7/18/19 9:05 p.m.
DUDE! I had the same issue with my GS430. Took me forever to figure it out.
rslifkin said:
I like the setup in my Jeep. 1 stalk. Pull for high beams on / off (half-pull to flash). Twist the end for wipers, push in to spray windshield (and wipe). Up / down for turn signals. Headlights are on the dash (within easy reach), but they're auto, so rarely touched anyway.
BMW setup isn't bad, but not great. Headlights are still a twist knob on the dash, but not auto. Easy to reach, but the fog lights are on the other side of the dash for the times you want them. Left stick is just turn signals and a button for the display on the cluster. Right stick is wipers.
At least neither of mine have the moronic Toyota cruise stick that's downright irritating to use compared to a few well-placed buttons on the wheel.
Drive a modern BMW? My '13 135 had multiple.settings for the headlights.
Off, always on, auto, or on + the leveling and turning the headlights when you turn the steering wheel. Had auto wipers as well.
It did have plenty of either weird stuff with the 3 stalks on the wheel though.
How many people have spent a bunch of time trying to figure out why their Subaru park lights are on?
For the uninitiated, there was a random rocker switch on top of the steering column for London/Tokyo parkers.
amg_rx7
SuperDork
7/18/19 9:50 p.m.
You think that’s bad?
Have you ever tried to use turn signal stalks in a modern BMW?
[insert inevitable BMW turn signal joke here]
And, after a couple 90s era GM products, nothing phases me anymore.
amg_rx7 said:
You think that’s bad?
Have you ever tried to use turn signal stalks in a modern BMW?
A touch for 3 blinks, past the detent to stay on? BMWs have been that way for 3 decades.
My girlfriends '16 Honda Fit and my '18 Mazda 3 are the same also.
In reply to z31maniac :
But getting them to cancel...
Streetwiseguy said:
How many people have spent a bunch of time trying to figure out why their Subaru park lights are on?
For the uninitiated, there was a random rocker switch on top of the steering column for London/Tokyo parkers.
Only took me one battery to figure that one out.
Kramer said:
Remember the mustangs with the horn on a stalk?
I do, right after I recall the chaos/hilarity of the rim blow horn on cars with no power steering.
