We have been driving our 17 Touring AWD for 5 months now and find the rain sensing intermittent wipers useless. Even on the most sensitive setting, the wiper does not activate often enough. This is one feature that did not need to be automated.
Your quote is news to me, my copy of the 2018 CR-V owner's manual (page 186) states the following:.... After reading the manual, learned that you aren’t supposed to leave these on auto and it also states leaving them on auto all the time can damage the system. ...