Switching The Rear Window Wiper On/Off; Replacing The Wiper Blades - Mercedes-Benz A-Class Series Owner's Manual

windscreen with washer fluid after an auto-
matic car wash.
Combination switch
0 Windscreen wipers off
1
I Intermittent wipe/rain sensor
2
II Continuous wipe, slow
3
III Continuous wipe, fast
4
í Single wipe/ î To wipe the
A
windscreen using washer fluid
Turn the key to position 1 or 2 in the ignition
X
lock.
Turn the combination switch to the corre-
X
sponding position.
! Vehicles with a rain sensor: if the wind-
screen becomes dirty in dry weather con-
ditions, the windscreen wipers may be acti-
vated inadvertently. This could damage the
windscreen wiper blades or scratch the
windscreen.
For this reason, you should always switch
off the windscreen wipers in dry weather.
Vehicles with a rain sensor: in the Ä or
Å position, the appropriate wiping fre-
quency is automatically set according to the
intensity of the rain. In the Å position, the
rain sensor is more sensitive than in
the Ä position, causing the windscreen
wiper to wipe more frequently.
Windscreen wipers
Switching the rear window wiper on/
off
Combination switch
è Switch
:
ô To wipe with washer fluid
2
I To switch on intermittent wiping
3
0 To switch off intermittent wiping
4
ô To wipe with washer fluid
5
Turn the key to position 1 or 2 in the ignition
X
lock.
Turn switch : on the combination switch
X
to the corresponding position.
When the rear window wiper is switched on,
the icon appears in the instrument cluster.

Replacing the wiper blades

Important safety notes
G Risk of accident
The wiper arms could start moving and cause
an injury if you leave the windscreen wipers
switched on.
Remove the key from the ignition lock before
replacing the wiper blades.
! To avoid damaging the windscreen wiper
blades, make sure that you touch only the
wiper arm of the windscreen wiper.
! Never open the bonnet if a windscreen
wiper arm has been folded away from the
windscreen.
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