Honda Civic 2016 Manual page 199

uuOperating the Switches Around the Steering WheeluWipers and Washers
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Automatic Intermittent Wipers
Adjustment Ring
* Not available on all models
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When you push the lever down to AUTO, the
windscreen wipers sweep once, and go into
the automatic mode.
The wipers operate intermittently, at low
speed, or at high speed and stops in
accordance with the amount of rainfall the
rainfall sensor detects.
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AUTO sensitivity adjustment
When in AUTO, you can also adjust the
rainfall sensor sensitivity using the intermittent
time adjustment ring.
Sensor sensitivity
Low sensitivity:
Wipers will operate when more
rainfall is detected.
High sensitivity:
Wipers will operate when less
rainfall is detected.
1Automatic Intermittent Wipers *
The rainfall sensor is in the location shown below.
Sensor
Do not put the wiper lever in AUTO when cleaning
the windscreen or driving through a car wash. If the
wiper lever is in AUTO, and the power mode is in ON,
the rainfall sensor may respond to your hand or car
wash liquids, and the wipers may operate
automatically.