Renault RAFALE - Wiper

WIPER
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152 - Getting to know your vehicle
Windscreen wash, wipe
Vehicle fitted with front windscreen
wiper rain sensor
Therainsensorislocatedonthewind-
screen, in front of the interior rear view
mirror.
A. a single sweep of the wipers
A short push will trigger one sweep of
the wipers.
B. stopping
C. automatic wiper function
Whenthispositionisselected,thesys-
tem detects water on the windscreen
and triggers the wipers at a suitable
wiping speed.
Youcanchangethetriggeringthresh-
old and the time interval between
sweeps by pressing the rotary switch
once 2 :
– G :minimumsensitivity;
– F : maximum sensitivity.
The higher the sensitivity, the quicker
the wipers will react and the faster the
wipe.
When activating automatic wiping or
when increasing sensitivity, one sweep
of the blades is performed.
The warning light appears on
the instrument panel to confirm that
the function is activated.
Note:
– the rain sensor is only intended as a
drivingaid.Intheeventofreducedvis-
ibility,thedrivershouldmanuallyacti-
vate the wipers. In foggy weather or
duringsnowfalls,wipingisnotauto-
matically triggered and remains under
the driver's control;
– in the event of temperatures below
zero, automatic wiping is not activated
whenthevehicleisstarted.Itisauto-
maticallyactivatedassoonastheve-
hicleexceedsacertainspeed(approx-
imately5mph(8km/h));
– do not activate automatic wiping in
dry weather;
– fully de-ice the windscreen before
activating automatic wiping;
– when washing the vehicle under a
roller type car wash, set the stalk 1 to
position B todeactivateautomaticwip-
ing.