Subaru Ascent 2023 Manual page 246

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Wiper and washer
NOTE
. The windshield wiper motor is pro-
tected against overloads by a circuit
breaker. If the motor operates con-
tinuously under an unusually heavy
load, the circuit breaker may trip to
stop the motor temporarily. If this
happens, park your vehicle in a safe
place, turn off the wiper switch, and
wait for approximately 10 minutes.
The circuit breaker will reset itself,
and the wipers will again operate
normally.
. Clean your blade rubbers and win-
dow glass periodically with a washer
solution to prevent streaking, and to
remove accumulations of road salt
or road film. Operate the windshield
washer for at least 1 second so that
washer solution will be sprinkled all
over the windshield or rear window.
. Grease, wax, insects, or other mate-
rial on the windshield or the wiper
blade results in jerky wiper opera-
tion and streaking on the glass. If
you cannot remove the streaks after
operating the windshield washer or
if the wiper operation is jerky, clean
the outer surface of the windshield
and rear window using a sponge or
soft cloth with a neutral detergent or
mild-abrasive cleaner. Do not, how-
ever, use detergent to clean the
blade rubbers. Use only a sponge
or soft cloth (and no neutral deter-
gent or mild abrasive cleaner) when
you clean the blade rubbers. If you
wipe the rubber of the blade
strongly, the black coating compo-
nent will peel off, which will cause
the wiper to judder. Also, after wip-
ing it off, check that the rubber has
not come loose. After cleaning the
window glass and wiper blade rub-
bers, be sure to rinse them with
clean water. Rinse the window until
the water does not form beads on the
glass. This indicates that the glass is
clean.
. If you cannot eliminate the streaking
even after following this procedure,
replace the blade rubbers with new
ones. For replacement instructions,
refer to "Replacement of wiper
blades" �P504.
NOTE
For models with automatic rain sensing
windshield wipers:
. When the wiper switch is turned to
the "AUTO" position while the igni-
tion switch is in the "ON" position,
the wipers will operate once. This
indicates that the wiper switch is in
the "AUTO" position.
. When the wiper switch is in the
"AUTO" position, the following si-
tuations may occur.
– The wipers may operate if the rain
sensor or the windshield is vi-
brated or objects such as insects,
dirt, mud, etc. are covering them.
Turn off the wiper unless it is
raining or snowing.
– The wipers do not operate if the
rain sensor does not detect rain
or snow. If necessary, push the
wiper control lever down to the
low speed position or high speed
position.
– The wipers may not operate
properly if the rain sensor does
not detect the amount of rain-
drops because a water-repellent
coating, dirt, or ice is on the
upper half of the windshield.
– The rain sensor may be malfunc-
tioning if the wiper intermittent
operation does not vary depend-
ing on the amount of rainfall. If
necessary, turn the wiper switch
to any position except the
"AUTO" position. We recom-
mend that you contact your
SUBARU dealer and have the
system inspected as soon as