70 Lights and Visibility
Switching windscreen wipers off
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Move the lever back into its home position A.
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Properly maintained windscreen wiper blades are essential for clear visi-
bility and safe driving ⇒ page 71.
After the windscreen wiper switches off each time or the ignition switches off for
the third time, the position of the windscreen wiper changes, this counteracts an
early fatigue of the wiper rubbers.
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Do not use the windscreen washer system at low temperatures, without
heating the windscreen beforehand. Otherwise the window cleaner could
freeze on the windscreen and restrict the view to the front.
The windscreen wipers and the wash system only operate if the ignition is switched
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on and the bonnet is closed
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The rain sensor only operates as a support. The driver is not released
from the responsibility to set the function of the windscreen wipers manu-
ally depending on the visibility conditions.
If the intermittent wipe is switched on, the intervals are also controlled depending
on speed.
The rain sensor* automatically regulates the break between the individual wiper
strokes depending on the intensity of the rain.
Caution
In frosty weather, please first of all check whether the windscreen wiper blades are
not frozen to the windscreen before switching them on. Switching on windscreen
wipers when the blades are frozen to the windscreen may result in damage both to
the blades and the motor of the windscreen wipers!
The rear window will be wiped again if the front window wipers are on when
reverse gear is selected.
The windscreen washer nozzles are heated* when the ignition is switched on.
Top up with wash liquid ⇒ page 236.
Note
Winter position
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If the slower A or the faster Awiper setting is switched on ⇒ page 69, fig. 68
If the windscreen wipers are in rest position, they cannot be folded out from the
windscreen. For this reason we recommend adjusting the windscreen wipers in
winter so that they can be folded out from the windscreen easily. You can set this
rest position as follows:
and the vehicle speed decreases to below 4 km/h, the lower wiper step is switched
on automatically. At a speed increase of more than 8 km/h the previous wiper
setting is established again.
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If there is an obstacle on the windscreen, the wiper will try to push away the
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Switch on the windscreen wipers.
obstacle. If the obstacle continues to block the wiper, the wiper stops after 5 cycles,
in order to avoid a damage to the wiper. Remove the obstacle and and switch on
the wiper again.
Switch off the ignition. The windscreen wipers remain in the position in which
they were when switching off the ignition.
You can also use the service position ⇒ page 71 as a winter position.
Headlight cleaning system*
The headlights are being cleaned after the windscreen has been sprayed for the first
time and fifth time, the low beam or main beam are switched on and the wind-
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screen wiper lever was held in the position A ⇒ page 69, fig. 68 for about 1
second.
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On vehicles which do not have a contact switch for the bonnet, the windshield wiper and
wash system operates also when the bonnet is opened.
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