Audi A3 Sportback g-tron Owner's Manual page 65

Important: The ignition must be switched on.
Move the windscreen wiper lever to the appro-
priate position:
@ -
Front wipers off
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Intermittent wipe. Move switch @ to the
left or to the right to i ncrease or reduce the
wiper delay interval. While a vehicle with
light/ra in sensor* is stationary, the wind-
screen wipers can be activated by pulling the
lever briefly to position ® (the wipers are ac-
tivated automatically when the speed exceeds
about 4 km/h). The higher the sensitivity level
for the rain sensor (i.e. the further switch @
is moved to the right), the sooner the wind-
screen wipers react to moisture on the wind-
screen.
@ - Slow wipe
@ -Fast wipe
© -Single wipe. If you hold the lever in th is
position, the wipers will switch from slow con-
tinuous wiping to fast continuous wiping after
a while.
® -Wash/wipe. The screen is given an extra
wipe a few seconds later to remove any drib-
bles of water (if the vehicle is moving and the
temperature is above approx. 4
°().
You can
deactivate this function by moving the lever
to position ® again within 10 seconds after
the extra wipe. The extra-wipe function is acti-
vated again the next time you switch on the
ignition.
Headlight washers*. The headlight washer
system* on ly operates when the dipped head-
lights are switched on. The headlights are also
automatically washed! intermittently when
you move the lever to position ® ·
Applies to vehicles with rear window wiper:
If the windscreen wipers are on and in opera-
tion, the rear window wiper will also be
switched on automatically when you engage
reverse gear.
® -
Rear wipe*. The rear window is wiped ap-
proximately every 6 seconds.
Lig hts and v ision 6 3
0 -
Rear wash/wipe*. The number of wiper
cycles depends on how long you hold the lever
in position
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@ -
Rear wiper* off.
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WARNING
- The rain sensor is only intended to assist
the driver. The driver is still obliged to
manually operate the windscreen wipers
as required depending on visibility.
- Do not use water-repellent coatings on
the windscreen. In bad visibility condi-
tions such as Light rain, low sun or when
driving at night these coatings can cause
increased dazzle, which is a serious safe-
ty hazard. Such coatings can also caUJse
the wiper blades to judder.
- Poor visibility can cause accidents. Al-
ways ensure that the wiper blades are in
good condition <:!> page 64, Changing
the windscreen wiper blades.
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CAUTION
- In icy conditions, check that the w iper
blades are not frozen to the windscreen.
If the w iper blades are frozen to the
windscreen when you switch on the
windscreen wipers, this could damage
the wiper blades.
- Make sure you switch off the windscreen
wiper system (lever in position 0) before
you use an automatic car wash. This will
avoid Inadvertent triggering of the wi p-
ers and possible damage to the wiper
system.
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Note
- The windscreen wipers are deactivated
when the ignition is switched off. You
can activate the windscreen wipers after
switching the ignition on again by mov-
ing the windscreen wiper lever to any po-
sition.
- Worn or dirty wiper blades can cause
smearing on the glass. This can also im-
pair the effectiveness of the rain sensor.
Please check the wiper blades regularly. ..,.