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INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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Wipers and washers
Wipers and washers clean the windscreen and
rear window. The headlamps are cleaned with
high-pressure washing.
Windscreen wipers
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Windscreen wipers and windscreen washers.
Rain sensor, On/Off
Thumbwheel sensitivity/frequency
Windscreen wipers off
Move the stalk switch to position 0 to
switch off the windscreen wipers.
Single sweep
Raise the stalk switch and release to
make one sweep.
Intermittent wiping
Set the number of sweeps per time
unit with the thumbwheel when inter-
mittent wiping is selected.
Continuous wiping
The wipers sweep at normal speed.
The wipers sweep at high speed.
IMPORTANT
Before activating the wipers - ensure that the
wiper blades are not frozen in, and that any
snow or ice on the windscreen (and rear win-
dow) is scraped away.
IMPORTANT
Before activating the wipers during winter
ensure that the wiper blades are not frozen in,
and that any snow or ice on the windscreen is
scraped away.
IMPORTANT
Use plenty of washer fluid when the wipers
are cleaning the windscreen. The windscreen
must be wet when the windscreen wipers are
operating.
Service position wiper blade
For cleaning the windscreen/wiper blades and
replacement of wiper blades, see Car wash
(p. 412) and Wiper blades (p. 388).
Rain sensor*
The rain sensor automatically starts the wind-
screen wipers based on how much water it
detects on the windscreen. The sensitivity of the
rain sensor can be adjusted using the thumb-
wheel.
When the rain sensor is activated a lamp in the
button is illuminated and the rain sensor symbol
is shown in the combined instrument
panel.
Activating and setting the sensitivity
When activating the rain sensor, the car must be
running or the remote control key in position I or
II while the windscreen wiper stalk switch must
be in position 0 or in the position for a single
sweep.
Activate the rain sensor by pressing the rain sen-
sor button
. The windscreen wipers make
one sweep.
Press the stalk switch up for the wipers to make
an extra sweep.
Turn the thumbwheel upward for higher sensitiv-
ity and downward for lower sensitivity. (An extra
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For replacing the wiper blades and service position wiper blades, see Wiper blades (p. 388). For filling washer fluid, see Washer fluid - filling (p. 390).
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