Seat Leon 5D Owner's Manual page 129

Wiper functions
Windscreen wipers performance in differ-
ent situations
If you stop the vehicle with the windscreen
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wiper in position 1 or 2, it will automatically
change to a lower position speed. The set
speed will be resumed when the vehicle pulls
away.
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*
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.
Note
The wiper will try to wipe away any ob-
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stacles that are on the windscreen. The
wiper will stop moving if the obstacle
blocks its path. Remove the obstacle and
switch the wiper back on again.
Visibility
The windscreen will be wiped again ap-
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proximately 5 seconds after the wind-
screen washer has been activated, provi-
ded the vehicle is moving ("drip" function).
If you activate the wipers less than 10 sec-
onds after the "drip" function, a new wash
sequence will begin without performing the
last wipe. For the "drip" function to work
again, you have to turn the ignition off and
then on again.
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Rain sensor*
Wiper lever: adjust the rain sensor
Fig. 107
Rain sensor sensitive surface
Fig. 108
The rain sensor controls the frequency of the
windscreen wiper intervals, depending on the
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amount of rain . The sensitivity of the rain
sensor can be adjusted manually. Manual
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wipe page 126.
Move the lever to the required position
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Fig. 107:
Rain sensor off.
0
Rain sensor on; automatic wipe if neces-
1
sary.
Setting sensitivity level of rain sensor
A
A.
Set control to the right: high sensitivity.
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Set control to the left: low sensitivity.
–
When the ignition is switched off and then
back on, the rain sensor remains active and
starts operating again when the windscreen
wipers are in position
1
travelling at more than 16 km/h (10 mph).
and the vehicle is
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