Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Owner's Manual page 91

Windscreen wipers
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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
Select key position 1 or 2 with the Start/
X
Stop button.
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 wipers to wipe more frequently.
Rain sensor set to low sensitivity.
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10 Rain sensor set to high sensitivity.
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.
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! Never open the bonnet if a windscreen
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wiper arm has been folded away from the
windscreen.
Never fold a windscreen wiper arm without
a wiper blade back onto the windscreen.
Hold the windscreen wiper arm firmly when
you change the wiper blade. If you release
the windscreen wiper arm without a wiper
blade and it falls onto the windscreen, the
windscreen may be damaged by the force
of the impact.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have
the wiper blades replaced by a qualified
specialist workshop, e.g. at a Mercedes-
Benz Service Centre.
Replacing the wiper blades
Removing the wiper blades
Moving the wiper blades to a vertical posi-
tion
Switch off the engine.
X
Remove your foot from the brake pedal.
X
Set the windscreen wipers to posi-
X
tion °.
Press the Start/Stop button repeatedly
X
until the windscreen wipers start.
When the wiper arms have reached a ver-
X
tical position, press the Start/Stop button.
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