Volvo V50 Owner's Manual page 61

02 Instruments and controls
Right-hand stalk switch
Rear window wiper and washer
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Move the stalk switch forward to start rear win-
dow washing and wiping. The wiper blade
makes several extra sweeps once washing has
finished. The button at the end of the stalk
switch has three positions:
Intermittent wiping: Depress the top of the
button.
Neutral position: Function deactivated.
Constant speed: Depress the bottom of
the button.
Wiper – reversing
Engaging reverse gear while the windscreen
wipers are on initiates intermittent rear window
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Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
wiping. If the rear window wiper is already on
at normal speed, no change is made.
The function for intermittent wiping for reverse
can be deactivated. Contact an authorised
Volvo workshop.
Rain sensor*
The rain sensor automatically activates the
windscreen wipers based on how much water
it detects on the windscreen. The sensitivity of
the rain sensor can be adjusted using the
thumbwheel (C), see page 59.
Turn the thumbwheel upwards for higher sen-
sitivity and downwards for lower sensitivity, (an
extra sweep is made when the thumbwheel is
turned upwards).
On/Off
When activating the rain sensor, the ignition
key must be in position I or II and the wind-
screen wiper stalk switch must be in position
0 (not activated).
Activating the rain sensor:
Press the button (B), see page 59. A display
symbol shows that the rain sensor is
active.
To turn the rain sensor off, either:
1. Press button (B)
2. Press the stalk switch downward to
another wiper program. If the stalk switch
is raised, the rain sensor will remain active,
the wipers make an extra sweep and then
return to rain sensor mode when the stalk
is released to position 0 (not activated), see
page 59.
The rain sensor is automatically deactivated
when the key is removed from the ignition
switch or five minutes after the ignition is
switched off.