windshield washer tank was empty, annoying warning, how do you turn it off? I couldn't so

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Jan 16, 2004 | 07:57 AM

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windshield washer tank was empty, annoying warning, how do you turn it off? I couldn't so

i stopped by a gas station on the way home, bought a 2.5 gallon jug of washer fluid and my tank took the entire jug..damn and of course the warning disappeared...i guess you need that much so that the headlight washers have juice as well...but in any case, when you have warnings like that, it just glares you in the face, is there no way to reset it or make it go away..after 1 or 2 warnings i get the picture...

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:04 AM

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If anyone knows how to make that warning go away, I wanna know too!

I was stuck miles from a gas station and it was right on the edge of giving the warning. Every uphill it went away, downhill it came back. All I could think to do was run the washers 'til they were empty, at least, after one last warning, the beep shut up until I got to a gas station.

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:05 AM

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Re: If anyone knows how to make that warning go away, I wanna know too!

I don't think you can.

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:12 AM

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the best way to make it go away is to add fluid, but you knew that..

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:19 AM

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sux...oh well

Jan 16, 2004 | 08:20 AM

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On VW's you can recode the instrument cluster to ignore the sensor...

but then you get no warning at all. I've noticed that my headlight washers don't come on when it starts to go low, so that would be warning enough for me. If someone has their Bentley CD handy they can check if the feature can be disabled. Otherwise, I'll check when I get home tonight.