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Windshield wiper service position

Fig. 93 Windshield wiper in service position.

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

In the service position, the wiper arms can be lifted away from the

windshield ⇒ꢀfig. 93. The wipers are moved to the service position as

follows:

The engine hood must be closed ⇒ꢀWorking in the engine com-

partment.

Switch the ignition off, turn it on briefly, and then off again.

Press the windshield wiper lever down briefly ⇒ꢀfig. 92 (E) when the

ignition is off.

Wipers move into service position.

Carefully fold the wiper arms back onto the windshield before driving!

Switch the ignition on and press the windshield wiper lever down

briefly ⇒ꢀfig. 92 (E). The wiper arms move back to their original posi-

tion.

Lifting the wiper blades and tilting them away from the

windshield

Put the wiper arms in service position ⇒ꢀ .

Do not handle the wiper blades, handle the wiper arms only at the

attachment above the wiper blades.

NOTICE

To help prevent damage to the engine hood and the wind-

shield wiper arms, lift the wiper arms away from the windshield

only when they are in the service position.

Always carefully fold the windshield wiper arms down against

the windshield before driving the vehicle.

Rain sensor

Fig. 94 Windshield wiper lever: Adjusting rain sensor 1.

Fig. 95 Inside the front windshield above the inside mirror: Sensitive

rain sensor surface.

¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and

heed the WARNINGS

When switched on, the rain sensor automatically shortens or length-

ens the time between wiping intervals depending on how hard it is

raining ⇒ꢀ . The rain sensor's sensitivity can be adjusted manually.

Manual wiping (vehicles without rain sensors), see ⇒ꢀpage 187,

Windshield wiper lever.

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