WIPER
The higher the sensitivity, the quick-
er the wipers will react and the
faster the wipe.
When activating automatic wiping
or when increasing sensitivity, one
sweep of the blades is performed.
The rain sensor operation may be in-
terrupted in the event of:
– damaged windscreen wipers: a
film of water or traces left by a blade
in the sensor's detection zone may
increase the response time of the
automatic wiper, or increase the
wiping frequency;
– a windscreen with any chip or
crack near the sensor, or a wind-
screen covered in dust, dirt, insects,
ice, the use of washing wax and wa-
ter-repellent chemicals. The wind-
screen wiper will be less sensitive or
may even not react at all.
D. slow continuous wiping
E. fast continuous wiping
Special feature
When driving the vehicle, the wiping
speed slows down whenever the ve-
hicle stops.
For example, fast wiping speed will
slow to normal wiping speed.
As soon as the vehicle moves off,
wiping will return to the speed origi-
nally selected.
Any action on the stalk 1 overrides
and cancels the automatic function.
Precautions
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Note:
– the rain sensor is only intended as
a driving aid. In the event of reduced
visibility, the driver should manually
activate the wipers. In foggy weath-
er or during snowfalls, wiping is not
automatically triggered and re-
mains under the driver's control;
– in the event of temperatures be-
low zero, automatic wiping is not ac-
tivated when the vehicle is started. It
is automatically activated as soon
as the vehicle exceeds a certain
speed (approximately 5 mph (8 km/
h));
The rain sensor is located on the
windscreen, in front of the interior
rear view mirror.
A. a single sweep of the wipers
A short push will trigger one sweep
of the wipers.
– do not activate automatic wiping
in dry weather;
B. stopping
– fully de-ice the windscreen before
activating automatic wiping;
– when washing the vehicle under a
roller type car wash, set the stalk 1 to
position B to deactivate automatic
wiping.
C. automatic wiper function
When this position is selected, the
system detects water on the wind-
screen and triggers the wipers at a
suitable wiping speed.
It is possible to change the trigger-
ing threshold and the interval be-
tween sweeps by turning the ring 2 :
Operating faults
In the event of a malfunction of the
automatic wiping, the wiper is set to
intermittent wiping.
– In the event of ice, check whether
the blades are stuck to the wind-
screen before operating the wiping
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–
F : minimum sensitivity;
G : maximum sensitivity.
Call an approved dealer.
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