Instruments and Controls 5-3
The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to start heating.
Horn
Press a on the steering wheel pad
to sound the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
move the windshield wiper lever to
select the wiper speed.
HI: Use for fast wipes.
LO: Use for slow wipes.
INT (Rainsense Wipe Sensitivity
Control): Move the windshield
wiper lever to INT. Turn the
x INT
band on the wiper lever to adjust the
sensitivity.
OFF: Use to turn the wipers off.
1X (Mist): For a single wipe, briefly
move the wiper lever down. For
several wipes, hold the wiper
lever down.
Clear snow and ice from the wiper
blades before using them. If frozen
to the windshield, carefully loosen or
thaw them. Damaged blades should
be replaced. See Wiper Blade
Replacement on page 10-24.
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor.
Wipe Parking
If the ignition is changed to
STOPPING THE ENGINE/OFF
mode while the wipers are on LO,
HI, or INT, they will
immediately stop.
If the windshield wiper lever is then
moved to off before the driver door
is opened or within 10 minutes, the
wipers will restart and move to the
base of the windshield.
If the ignition is changed to
STOPPING THE ENGINE/OFF
while the wipers are performing
wipes due to windshield washing,
the wipers continue to run until they
reach the base of the windshield.
Rainsense™
There is a sensor near the top
center of the windshield that detects
the amount of water on the
windshield and automatically
controls the frequency of the
windshield wiper.
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