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Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical Data
Windshield wiper and wash system
Windshield wiper
You can operate the windscreen wipers and automatic
wipe/wash using the windscreen wiper lever.
The windscreen wiper lever ⇒ fig. 49 has the following positions:
Finger-operated wiping
– Position the lever down into position if you wish to wipe the
windscreen only for a single wipe - spring-tensioned position.
Intermittent wiping
– Position the lever up into position .
– Set with the switch the desired break between the indi-
vidual wiper strokes
Slow wipe
– Position the lever up into position .
Fast wipe
– Position the lever up into position .
Automatic wipe/wash for windscreen
– Pull the lever towards the steering wheel into position and
the widescreen wiper and wash system will operate - in the
sprung position.
– Release the lever. The washer system stops and the wipers
continue operating for a further 4 seconds or so.
Switching windscreen wipers off
– Move the lever back into its home position .
Rain sensor*
– Move the lever into position .
– You can set the sensitivity of the sensor individually with
switch .
– If you have switched the ignition off and on again, you must
then once again activate the sensor by moving the lever into
home position , and then back into position .
The windscreen wipers and the windscreen washer system only operate
if the ignition is switched on.
The windscreen washer nozzles are heated* when the ignition is switched
on.
Fig. 49 Windscreen
wiper lever
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A
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3
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1
A
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