Light s and Vision
Windshield wipers
Switching the windshield wipers on
Fig. 55 W indshield wiper lever
Fig. 56 Rear w iper actuat ion
Move the windshield wiper lever to the corre-
spond ing pos ition:
@ - Windshield wiper off
(D - Interval mode. The windshie ld wiper auto-
matica lly activates when you drive 2 mph (4 km/
h). The higher the sensit ivity of the rain sensor is
set (switch @ to the right), the earlier the wind -
shield wipers react to moisture on the wind-
shie ld. In some models, you can switch rain sen-
sor mode off and sw itch intermittent mode on in
the MM!*. Select:
!CARI function button> Car
system s*
cont rol button > Driver assist > Rain
sensor.
In inte rm ittent mode, yo u can adjust the
interval time using the @ switch.
@ - Slow wipi ng
@ - Fast wiping
@ - Sing le wipe
® - Clean the windshield . To elimin ate water
droplets, t he winds hield wipe r performs one af-
terwipe operatio n afte r seve ral seconds while
driving . You can switch this f unction off by mov -
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ing the leve r to pos ition ® within 10 seconds of
the afterwipe ope ration. The afterwipe function
is react ivated the next time the ignition is sw itch-
ed on.
The rear wiper automatica lly switches on when
the reverse gear is engaged and the front wind-
shield wipers are on and in operation .
Cleaning t he headlig hts*. The headlight was her
system * operates only when the headlights are
on . If you move the lever to position @ , the
headlights are washed in intervals.
@ - Wipe the rear window. The rear wiper moves
a bout every 4 se conds .
(!) - Clean the rear window . The number of wip-
ing operations depe nd s on how long the lever is
held in position 7.
& WARNING
- The rain sensor is on ly inten ded to ass ist the
driver. The driver is st ill responsi ble for
manually switch ing the wipers on according
to the visibility cond itions.
- The windsh ield may not be t reated with wa-
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un-
favorable condit ions, such as wetness, dark-
ness, low sun, can resu lt in increased glare.
Wiper blade chatte r is also possib le.
- Properly functioning windshield wiper
blades are required for a clea r view and safe
driving.
@ Note
- In the case of frost, check whether the
windshield wiper blades are frozen to the
windshield . Switching on the windshield
wipers can damage the wiper blades!
- Prior to us ing a car wash, the windshield
wiper system must be sw itched off (lever in
posit io n 0) . This helps to preven t un inte n-
tional switchi ng on and damage to the
windshield wipe r syst em.
(D Tips
- The windshie ld wipers are switched off
when the ignit ion is turned off. Activate t he
winds hield wipe rs aft er the ignit ion is .,.
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