Windshield Wiper/Washer - Chevrolet Malibu 2012 Owner's Manual

5-4 Instruments and Controls

Windshield Wiper/Washer

The windshield wiper lever is on the
right side of the steering wheel.
Move the lever to control the
windshield wipers.
9
(Off): Turns the windshield
wipers off.
(Intermittent; Speed Sensitive
Wipers): For intermittent or speed
sensitive operation. While in this
x
position, turn the band up or
down to vary frequency.
The amount of delay time varies
between wiping cycles due to the
delay setting selected or the speed
of the vehicle. As vehicle speed
is increased or decreased, the
wiper interval also increases or
decreases.
6
(Low Speed): Slow wipes.
1
(High Speed): Fast wipes.
8
(Mist): Single wipe, move the
lever down, then release it. Several
wipes, hold the lever down.
Clear ice and snow from the wiper
blades before using them.
If frozen to the windshield, carefully
loosen or thaw them. Damaged
wiper blades should be replaced.
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor. A circuit breaker stops
the motor until it cools. If the motor
gets stuck, turn the wipers off, clear
away the snow or ice, and then turn
the wipers back on.
As an added safety feature,
if the wipers are on for more than
15 seconds, the vehicle's
headlamps turn on automatically.
They turn off 15 seconds after the
wipers are turned off.
Windshield Washer
Press the button at the end of the
windshield wiper lever until the
washers begin.
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WARNING
In freezing weather, do not use
the washer until the windshield is
warmed. Otherwise the washer
fluid can form ice on the
windshield, blocking your vision.
When the button is released, the
washers stop, but the wipers
continue to wipe about three times
or resume the previous speed.