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Care and maintenance
Vehicle paint maintenance
Regular waxing protects the paintwork.
You need to apply wax to your vehicle if water
does not form small drops and run off the
paintwork when it is clean.
Good quality har
d wax products are available
at your Technical Service.
Regular wax applications help to protect the
paintwork from environmental contaminants
››› page 156. It is also effective in protecting
against minor scratches.
Even if a wax solution is used regularly in the
vehicle washing tunnel, it is advisable to pro-
tect the paint with a hard wax coating at least
twice a year.
Polishing the paintwork
Polishing is only necessary if the paint has
lost its shine, and the gloss cannot be
brought back by applying wax. Polishing
products can be purchased in your Technical
Service.
The vehicle must be waxed after polishing if
the polish used does not contain wax com-
pounds to seal the paint
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page 159, Vehicle
paint maintenance.
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the paintwork:
●
Do not use polishes and hard wax on pain-
ted parts with a matt finish or on plastic
parts.
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Do not polish your vehicle in a sandy or
dusty environment.
Caring for plastic parts
If normal washing fails to clean plastic parts,
clean them with approved solvent-free plas-
tic cleaning and care products.
CAUTION
●
The use of liquid air freshener directly over
the air vents of the vehicle may damage plas-
tic parts if the liquid is accidentally spilled.
●
Cleaning products which contain solvents
will damage the material.
Cleaning windows and exterior
mirrors
Cleaning windows
–
Moisten the windows with commercially
available, alcohol based glass cleaner.
–
Dry the windows with a clean chamois
leather or a lint-free cloth.
Removing snow
–
Use a small brush to remove snow from the
windows and mirrors.
Removing ice
–
Use a de-icer spray.
Use a clean cloth or chamois leather to dry
the windows. The chamois leathers used on
painted surfaces are not suitable to clean
windows because they are soiled with wax
deposits which could smear the windows.
If possible, use a de-icing spray to remove
ice. If you use an ice scraper, push it in one
direction only without swinging it.
Use window cleaner or a silicone remover to
clean rubber, oil, grease and silicone depos-
its off.
Wax deposits can only be removed with a
special cleaner available at your Technical
Service. Wax deposits on the windscreen
could cause the wiper blades to judder. Add-
ing a window cleaner that dissolves wax to
the windscreen washer fluid prevents wiper
blades from juddering, but wax deposits are
not removed.
CAUTION
●
Never use warm or hot water to remove
snow and ice from windows and mirrors. This
could cause the glass to crack!
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