Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2011 Owner's Manual page 136

Combination switch
$ Windscreen wipers off
1
2 Ä Intermittent wipe, low
3 Å Intermittent wipe, high
° Continuous wipe, slow
4
¯ Continuous wipe, fast
5
í Single wipe/ î To wipe the
B
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.
! Intermittent wiping with rain sensor: due
to optical influences and the windscreen
becoming dirty in dry weather conditions,
the windscreen wipers may be activated
inadvertently. This could damage the wind-
screen wiper blades or scratch the wind-
screen.
For this reason, you should always switch
off the windscreen wipers in dry weather.
In the Ä or Å position, the appropriate
wiping frequency is set automatically accord-
ing to the intensity of the rain. In the Å
position, the rain sensor is more sensitive
than in the Ä position, causing the wind-
screen wiper to wipe more frequently.
Rain sensor set to low sensitivity.
15
16 Rain sensor set to high sensitivity.
Switching the rear window wiper on/
off
15
Combination switch
16
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
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.
Windscreen wipers
WARNING
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