Mercedes-Benz A Series Owner's Manual page 255

Practical advice
Replacing the wiper blades
Removing
Remove the key from the ignition lock.
X
Fold the wiper arm away from the rear win-
X
dow until it engages.
Turn wiper blade 1 in the direction of
X
arrow 2 until it is released from the
retainer on the wiper arm.
Remove wiper blade 1.
X
Fitting
Push the new wiper blade 1
X
arm until you feel it engage.
Make sure that wiper blade
X
correctly.
252
Turn wiper blade
X
arm.
Fold the wiper arm back onto the rear win-
X
dow.
Adjusting the spraying nozzles
Check the spraying nozzles setting regularly.
If they have moved, you can readjust them
yourself.
G Risk of injury
The wiper arms could start moving and
cause an injury if you leave the windscreen
wipers switched on.
Remove the key from the ignition lock
before adjusting the spraying nozzles.
!
Do not use any tools, e.g. a needle, to
adjust the spraying nozzles. There is other-
wise a risk of damaging the spraying noz-
zles.
onto the wiper
1 is seated
1 parallel to the wiper
X
X
Swivel spraying nozzles 1 upwards or
downwards.
Wipe briefly with washer fluid to test them
( page 83).
Y
The spraying nozzles are correctly posi-
tioned if the stream of water hits the wind-
screen approximately in the centre.