Windscreen Wipers; Intermittent Wipe - SMART Fortwo 2015 Owner's Manual

Intermittent wipe

Vehicles with a rain sensor: the appropriate
wiping frequency is automatically set
according to the intensity of the rain. With
intermittent wiping you can also adjust the
sensitivity of the rain sensor using con-
trol :. When the sensitivity is set to high,
the windscreen wiper wipes more frequently.
X
To switch on: start the engine (
X
Press the combination switch to the Ã
position.
The windscreen wipers sweep once.
Switching the rear window wiper on/off
Combination switch
Control
:
$ Rear window wiper off
2
è Rear window wiper on
3
ô Wiping with washer fluid
4
X
Turn the key to position 2 in the ignition
lock or start the engine (
X
Turn control : on the combination switch
to the corresponding position.
Replacing the wiper blades
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If the windscreen wipers begin to move
while you are changing the wiper blades,
you can be trapped by the wiper arm. There
is a risk of injury.
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Y
page 93).
Replacing the windscreen wiper blades
Removing the wiper blades
X
X
X
Y
page 93).
X

Windscreen wipers

Always switch off the windscreen wipers
and ignition before changing the wiper
blades.
To avoid damaging the windscreen wiper
blades, make sure that you touch only the
wiper arm of the windscreen wiper.
Never open the service cover/tailgate if a
windscreen wiper arm has been folded away
from the windscreen/rear window.
Never fold a windscreen wiper arm without
a wiper blade back onto the windscreen/
rear window.
Hold the windscreen wiper arm firmly when
you change the wiper blade. If you release
the windscreen wiper arm without a wiper
blade and it falls onto the windscreen/rear
window, the windscreen/rear window may be
damaged by the force of the impact.
smart recommends that you have the wiper
blades changed at a qualified specialist
workshop.
Turn the key to position 1 or 2 in the igni-
Y
tion lock ( page 93).
Press the combination switch to the 5
Y
position ( page 80).
The wiper arms move slowly upwards.
When the wiper arms are vertical in rela-
tion to the service cover, turn the key to
position 0 and remove it from the ignition
lock.
Fold the wiper arm away from the wind-
screen.
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