Wipers And Washers - Volvo S80 Owner's Manual

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Wipers and washers

Windshield wipers/washers
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Windshield wipers and washers
Rain sensor on/off
Thumb wheel sensitivity/frequency
Windshield wipers off
Move the lever to position 0 to
0
switch off the windshield wipers.
Single sweep
Move the lever upward from
position 0 to sweep the wind-
shield one stroke at a time for as long as
the lever is held up.
Intermittent wiping
With the lever in this position, you
can set the wiper interval by twist-
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ing the thumb wheel
crease wiper speed or downward to
decrease the speed.
0
Continuous wiping
The wipers operate at normal
speed.
The wipers operate at high speed.
Rain sensor (option)
The rain sensor automatically regulates wiper
speed according to the amount of water on
the windshield.The sensitivity of the rain sen-
sor can be adjusted moving the thumb
wheel , up (the wipers will sweep the
windshield more frequently) or down (the
wipers will sweep the windshield less fre-
quently).
NOTE
The wipers will make an extra sweep each
time the thumb wheel is adjusted upward.
When the rain sensor is activated, the
symbol will illuminate in the instrument
panel.
Activating and setting the sensitivity
upward to in-
When activating the rain sensor, the vehicle
must be running or in ignition mode II and the
windshield wiper lever must be in position 0.
Activate the rain sensor by pressing the
button
make one sweep.
Press the lever up for the wipers to make an
extra sweep. The rain sensor returns to
active mode when the stalk is released back
to position 0.
Deactivating
Deactivate the rain sensor by pressing the
button
another wiper position.
The rain sensor is automatically deactivated
when the key is removed from the ignition
slot or five minutes after the ignition has been
switched off.
. The windshield wipers will
or press the lever down to