Alfa Romeo ALFA 159 2010 Owner's Handbook Manual page 75

046-082 Alfa 159 GB 8-04-2009 14:23 Pagina 74
"Smart washing" function
Pulling the lever towards the steering
wheel (unstable position) operates the
windscreen washer.
Keeping the stalk pulled with just one
movement it is possible to operate the
washer jet and the wiper at the same
time; the wiper actually comes into op-
eration automatically when the stalk is
pulled for more than half a second.
The wiper stops working 3 strokes after
releasing the stalk; a further stroke af- where provided)
ter about 6 seconds will complete the
wiping operation.
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fig. 55
A0E 02 27 m
RAIN SENSOR
(for versions/markets,
The rain sensor A -fig. 55 , located be- Removing the electronic key from the
hind the driving mirror, is an electronic de-
vice combined with the windscreen wiper tivated and the next time the engine is
which has the purpose of automatically started it will not be reactivated even if
adjusting the number of wipes to intensi- the stalk has remained in position1-
ty of the rain. All the other functions con- fig. 54 . In this case to activate the rain
trolled by the right-hand stalk remain un- sensor, simply move the stalk to 0 or 2
changed.
The rain sensor is activated automati- When the rain sensor is reactivated in
cally moving the right-hand stalk to po- this way, the wiper performs one stroke,
sition1-fig. 54 and it has a range of
adjustment that gradually varies be-
tween wiper stationary (no wiping)
when the windscreen is dry, to wiper
at second speed (continuous, medium
wiping) with heavy rain.
Turning the knurled ring A -fig. 54 it
is possible to increase the sensitivity of
the rain sensor, obtaining a quicker
change from stationary (no wiping)
when the windscreen is dry, to first con-
tinuous speed (continuous, slow). A fur-
ther stroke will confirm operation.
Operating the windscreen washer with
the rain sensor activated (stalk at posi-
tion 1-fig. 54 ) the normal washing
cycle is performed at the end of which
the rain sensor resumes its normal au-
tomatic function.
ignition device, the rain sensor is deac-
and then back to1 .
even if the windscreen is dry, to indicate
that reactivation has occurred.