The essentials
Changing the windscreen and rear
windo
w wiper bl
ades
Fig. 85
Changing the windscreen wiper
bl
ades
Fig. 86
Changing the rear wiper blade
Raising and lowering windscreen wiper
arms
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Place the windscreen wipers in the service
position ›
›
›
page 62.
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Grip the wiper arms only by the blade's
fastening point.
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades
●
Raise the wiper arms.
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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 windscr
een and r
ear windo
w wiper
blades on page 89.
Changing the windscreen wiper blades
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Lift and unfold the wiper arms.
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Press and hold release button ››› Fig. 85
1
and pull gently on the wiper blade in the di-
r
ection of the arr
o
w.
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Fit a new wiper blade of the same length
and design on to the wiper arm and hook it
into place.
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Rest the wiper arms back onto the wind-
screen.
Changing the rear wiper blade
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Lift and fold the wiper arm.
●
Turn the blade slightly ››› Fig. 86 (arrow
A
).
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Hold down the release button
1
while gen-
tly pulling the bl
ade in the dir
ection of arr
ow
B
.
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Insert a ne
w bl
ade of the
same length and
type in the rear wiper arm in the opposite di-
rection to the arrow
B
and hook into place
butt
on
1
.
●
Replace the wiper arm on the rear window.
›››
in Changing the windscreen
and rear window wiper bl
ades on
page 89
››› page 88
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