Windshield Wipers - Audi A3 2016 Owner's Manual

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Light
s
and Vision
Sun visors
Fig.
4
0 Left
side:
sun
visor
The sun
visors
can be moved out of
t
heir brackets
and turned toward the doors
@
.
The sun shade
can also be moved back and forth lengthwise in
this position
.
The mirror ligh
t
switches on when the cover over
the vanity mirror*
@
opens
.
Windshield
wipers
Switching windshield wipers on
Fig.
41
Wind shield wiper lever:
operatin
g
t
he windshield
wiper
system
(exampl
e:
vehicles
wit
hout
rear wi ndow w iper
syste
m)
Fig.
42
W indshield wiper
lever
wit
h
rear
wind
ow w iper"
:
operating t he
rear
window wiper
syst em
Requirement: the ignition must be switched on.
52
"'
N
N
~
"'
Move the windshie ld w iper lever to the corre
-
sponding position:
@
-
Front
wipers off
(D
-
inte rval mode. To increase/decrease the w ip-
er interva ls, move the switch
@
to the left/r ight
.
In vehicles with a light/ra in sensor*,
t
he wipers
turn
on
when it is raining, whe
n
the vehicle is
st a-
tiona ry and the
lever
is
t
apped in the
®
position,
or
once the vehicle speed exceeds app roximate ly
2 mph (4 km/h)
.
The higher the sensit ivity of
t
he
rain sensor is set (switch
@
to the right), the ear-
lier the windsh ield wipers react to moisture on
the windshie ld.
@
- slow wiping
@
-
fast w iping
@)-
single wipe
If
you hold the lever
in
this posi-
tion longer, the wipers switch from slow wiping
to fast wiping.
®
- clean the windshield To
eli
minate water
droplets afte
r
switching the winds hield wipe rs
off while dr iving, they will operate one more time
several
seconds afte
r
switching
t
hem off if t he
temperat ure is above
approximat
ely 39
°F
(4
°C).
You can swi
t
ch th is func
t
ion off by moving the
lever to posit ion
®
within 10 seconds
of
the
af-
te rwipe. The afterwipe function is reactivated the
next t ime
you
switch the ignition on.
Cleaning
t
he headlig hts*. The headlight
washer
system
*
operates only when the low beam
head-
lights are on
.
If
you move the lever in position
@
,
the headlights will be cleaned in fixed interva
ls.
Applies to vehicles
wit
h rear window wiper:
The rear wiper automa
ti
cally switches on when
the reverse
gear
is engaged and the front wi nd-
shield wipers are on and
in operat
ion.
@
-
W iping the
rear
window*
.
The rear w iper
moves abo ut every 6
seconds.
(J)-
Cleaning the rear window*
.
The number of
wipes depends on how long the lever is held in
position
(J).
@
-
Rear window wiper* off.

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