Seat LEON 2019 Owner's Manual page 130

More the lever to the required position:
Short wipe. Brief press, short clean.
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Hold the lever down for more time to in-
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crease the wipe frequency.
Windscreen washer. The windscreen
washer function is activated by push-
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ing the lever towards the steering
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wheel, and the wipers operate simulta-
neously.
Interval wipe for rear window. The wip-
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er will wipe the window approximately
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every six seconds.
The rear window wash function is acti-
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vated by pressing the lever, and the
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rear wiper starts simultaneously.
WARNING
In cold conditions you should not use the
wash/wipe system unless you have
warmed the windscreen with the heating
and ventilation system. The windscreen
washer fluid could otherwise freeze on the
windscreen and obscure your view of the
road.
CAUTION
If the ignition is switched off with the wind-
screen wipers active, they complete their
wipe before returning to the rest position.
When switching the ignition back on, the
windscreen wiper will continue to operate
at the same wiping level. Ice, snow and oth-
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Operation
er obstacles on the windscreen may dam-
age the wiper and the windscreen wiper
motor.
If necessary, remove snow and ice from
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the windscreen wipers before starting your
journey.
Carefully lift the frozen windscreen wip-
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ers from the glass. SEAT recommends a de-
icer spray for this operation.
Do not switch on the windscreen wipers if
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the windscreen is dry. Cleaning with the
windscreen wipers while dry can cause
damage.
In icy conditions, always check that the
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wiper blades are not frozen to the glass be-
fore using the wipers. In cold weather, it
may help to leave the vehicle parked with
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the wipers in service position
Note
The windscreen and window wipers only
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function when the ignition is switched on
and the bonnet or rear lid, respectively, are
closed.
The interval wipe speed varies according
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to the vehicle speed. The faster the vehicle
is moving, the more often the windscreen is
cleaned.
The rear wiper is automatically switched
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on when the windscreen wiper is on and the
car is in reverse gear.
Wiper functions
Windscreen wipers performance in differ-
ent situations
If the vehicle is stopped, the activated posi-
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tion temporarily moves to the previous posi-
tion.
The air conditioner comes on for approxi-
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mately 30 seconds in air recirculation mode
when the windscreen washer is activated,
to prevent the smell of the windscreen wash-
er fluid entering the inside the vehicle.
When wiping at intervals, the intervals vary
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according to the speed. The higher the vehi-
cle speed the shorter the intervals.
Heated windscreen washer jets*
page 46.
The heating only thaws the frozen jets, it does
not thaw the water in the washer hoses.
When the ignition is switched on the heated
windscreen washer jets automatically adjust
the heat depending on the ambient tempera-
ture.
Headlight washer system*
The headlight washer cleans the glass of the
headlights and only works when the dipped
beam headlights are on. After switching on
the ignition, the headlights are also washed
when the automatic wiper is activated for the
first time and then every fifth time.
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