Windscreen Wipers - Audi S5 Owner's Manual

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Windscreen wipers

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Windscreen wipers
The windscreen wiper lever controls the windscreen
wipers and the automatic wash and wipe.
The windscreen wiper lever has the following settings:
Brief wipe
– Move the lever down to position
screen a brief wipe.
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Intermittent wipe (activating rain sensor)
– Move the lever up to the stop
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– Move the control to the left or right to set the sensi-
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tivity of the rain sensor.
Slow wiper speed
– Move the lever up to the stop
Fast wiper speed
– Move the lever up to the stop
Automatic wash and wipe
– Pull the lever to position
– Release the lever again. The washer will stop and the
wipers will keep running for approximately 4 seconds.
The number of wipe cycles varies according to the length
of time the lever is pulled.
Switching off the wipers
– Move the lever to the "off" position
General notes
The washers and wipers will only work when the ignition is switched
on.
If you stop briefly, e.g. at traffic lights, the wiper speed will automat-
Fig. 63 Windscreen
wiper lever
ically be reduced by one level.
The windscreen washer jets are heated when the ignition is
switched on if the outside temperature is low.
Dribble wipe
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to give the wind- About 5 seconds after the wash and wipe cycle has finished, the
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windscreen wiper system automatically gives the screen one extra
wipe to remove any dribbles of water.
If you want to deactivate the dribble wipe function while driving,
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pull the lever to position
.
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The dribble wipe function will be re-activated the next time the igni-
tion is switched off and on.
Rain sensor*
The rain sensor will only function in the intermittent wipe position.
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. The intermittent wipe function is activated automatically when it
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starts to rain.
Before you reach a road speed of 6 km/h you will have to activate the
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. rain sensor manually by switching it off and back on again.
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again within 10 seconds.
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