Seat Ateca 2016 - Page 63

The essentials
Changing the windscreen and rear
w
indo
w wiper blades
Fig. 79 Changing the windscreen wiper
b
l
ades
Fig. 80 Changing the rear wiper blade
Raising and lowering windscreen wiper arms
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Place the windscreen wipers in the service
po
s
ition ››› page 60.
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Grip the wiper arms only by the blade's fas-
tening point.
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades
●
Raise the wiper arms.
●
Use a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt
from the windscreen wiper blades.
●
If the blades are very dirty, a sponge or
damp cloth may be used ›››
in Changing
the w
ind
screen and rear window wiper
blades on page 86.
Changing the windscreen wiper blades
●
Lift and unfold the wiper arms.
●
Press and hold release button ››› Fig. 79
1
and pull gently on the wiper blade in the di-
r
ection of
the arrow.
●
Fit a new wiper blade of the same length
and design on to the wiper arm and hook it
into place.
●
Rest the wiper arms back onto the wind-
screen.
Changing the rear wiper blade
●
Raising/lowering the wiper arm.
●
Turn the blade slightly ››› Fig. 80 (arrow
A
).
●
Hold down the release button
1
while
g
ently
pulling the blade in the direction of ar-
row
B
.
●
Insert a new blade of the s
ame l
ength and
type in the rear wiper arm in the opposite di-
rection to the arrow
B
and hook into place
b
utt
on
1
.
●
R
ep
lace the wiper arm on the rear window.
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››› in Changing the windscreen and
rear window wiper blades on page 86
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