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120 Lights and visibility
Lifting and returning windscreen wiper arms
● Place the wiper arms in the service position ⇒
.
● Only hold the wiper arms at the point where the blade is fixed.
CAUTION
● To prevent damage to the bonnet and the wiper arms, only leave them in
the service position.
● Before driving, always lower the wiper arms.
Rain sensor*
Fig. 66 Windscreen wip-
er lever: adjusting the
rain sensor
A
Fig. 67 Rain sensor sen-
sitive surface
The rain sensor controls the frequency of the windscreen wiper intervals,
depending on the amount of rain
⇒
. The sensitivity of the rain sensor can
be adjusted manually. Manual wipe
⇒
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Move the lever to the required position
⇒
Fig. 66:
Rain sensor off.
Rain sensor on; automatic wipe if necessary.
Setting sensitivity level of rain sensor
– Set control to the right: highly sensitive.
– Set control to the left: less sensitive.
When the ignition is switched off and then back on, the rain sensor stays on
and starts operating again when the windscreen wipers are in position
1
and the vehicle is travelling at more than 16 km/h (10 mph).
Rain sensor modified behaviour
Possible causes of faults and mistaken readings on the sensitive surface
⇒
Fig. 67 of the rain sensor include:
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1
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