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Windshield wipers
Switching the windshield wipers on
Fig. S6 Windshield wiper lever
Fig. S7 Rear window wiper• operatio n
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Move the windshield wiper lever to the corre-
spond ing position:
@ - Windshield wipers off
(D - I nterval mode. To increase/decrease the wip-
er intervals, move the switch @ to the left/right.
In vehicles with a rain sensor, the wipers turn on
in the rain once the vehicle speed exceeds ap-
proximately 2 mph (4 km/h). The higher the sen-
sitivity of the rain sensor that is set (switch @ to
the right), the earlier the w indshield w ipers react
to moisture on the windshield . You can deacti-
vate the rain sensor mode in the Infotainment
system, wh ich switches the intermittent mode
on. To do this, select :
I MENU I button> Vehicle>
left control button > Driver assistance > Rain
sensor.
@ - Slow wiping
@ - Fast wiping
@ - Single wipe. If you hold the lever in this posi-
tion longer, the wipers switch from slow wiping
to fast wiping.
Lights and Vision
® -Clean the windshield. To eliminate water
droplets, the windshield wipers perform one af-
terw ipe after several seconds while dr iving in
temperatures above 39 °F (4 °C). You can switch
this function off by moving the lever to position
@ within 10 seconds of the afterwipe . The after -
wipe function is react ivated the next time you
switch the ignition on.
Clean the headlights. The headlight washer sys-
tem operates only when the low beam headlights
are switched on . If you move the lever in position
®, the headlights will be cleaned in fixed inter-
vals.
Applies to: vehicles wi th rear window wiper
@ - Wipe the rear window. The rear wiper moves
about every 6 seconds.
The rear wiper automatically switches on when
the reverse gear is selected and the front wind-
shield wipers are on and running.
(j) - Clean the rear window . The number of wipes
depends on how long the lever is held in position
(j).
A WARNING
- The rain sensor* is only intended to assist
the driver. The driver may still be responsi-
ble for manually switch ing the w ipers on
based on visibility conditions.
- The windsh ield may not be treated w ith wa-
ter-repelling w indshield coating agents. Un-
favorable conditions, such as wetness, dark-
ness and when the sun is low, can cause in-
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creased glare, which increases the risk of an
accident. Wiper blade chatter is also possi-
ble.
- Properly functioning windshield wiper
blades are required for a clear view and safe
driving¢
page 56, Replacing the front
wiper blades.
(D Note
- If there is frost, make sure the windshield
wiper blades are not frozen to the wind-
shield. Switching on the windshield wipers
when the blades are frozen to the wind-
shield can damage the wiper blades .
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