Lights and vision
while. Single wipe also works when the vehicle is
switched off.
Wipers
Using the windscreen wipers
5 Wash/wipe . The number of wipe and extra-
wipe cycles depends on how long you hold the
wiper lever in position 5 .
The windscreen is given an extra wipe a few sec-
onds later to remove any dribbles of water (if the
vehicle is moving). You can deactivate this func-
tion by moving the wiper lever to position
5
again within 10 seconds after the extra wipe. The
extra-wipe function is activated again the next
time you switch the vehicle on.
Fig. 23 Wiper lever: Windscreen wipers
The headlight washer system only operates when
the dipped headlights are switched on. The head-
lights are also automatically washed intermit-
tently when you move the wiper lever to position
5 .
7 Rear wipe . The frequency of the rear wiper
depends on the frequency of the windscreen wip-
ers.
If the windscreen wipers are on and in operation,
the rear window wiper will also be switched on
automatically when you engage reverse gear.
Fig. 24 Wiper lever: Rear window wiper
►
Move the windscreen wiper lever to the ap-
8 Rear wash/wipe . The number of wiper cy-
cles depends on how long you hold the wiper lev-
er in position 8 . The reversing camera is also
washed (depends on the vehicle’s equipment).
propriate position:
0 Wipers off
1 Rain sensor/intermittent wipe. As long as the
vehicle has been moving faster than approx.
4 km/h at least once, the windscreen wipers will
be activated automatically in the rain. The higher
the sensitivity level for the rain sensor (i.e. the
further switch 6 is moved to the right), the
sooner the windscreen wipers react to moisture
on the windscreen. You can deactivate the rain
sensor mode in the Car menu ðpage 25 (this will
activate the intermittent wipe mode). In inter-
mittent wipe mode, you can adjust the interval
with switch 6 .
WARNING
– The rain sensor is only intended to assist the
driver. The driver is still obliged to manually
operate the windscreen wipers as required
depending on visibility.
– Do not use water-repellent coatings on the
windscreen. In bad visibility conditions such
as light rain, low sun or when driving at
night these coatings can cause increased
dazzle, which is a serious safety hazard.
Such coatings can also cause the wiper
blades to judder.
2 Slow wipe
3 Fast wipe
CAUTION
4 Single wipe. If you hold the wiper lever in this
position, the wipers will switch from slow contin-
uous wiping to fast continuous wiping after a
– In icy conditions, check that the wiper
blades are not frozen to the windscreen. If
the wiper blades are frozen to the
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