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Cl ea ning and protec t io n
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For the sake of the environment
In the interest of the environment, the ve-
hicle should only be washed in special
wash bays.
Washing your vehicle with a power
washer
Cleaning the exterior of your car with a high-
pressure power washer is safe as long as you
observe a few simple rules .
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Before using the power washer, make sure
you have read and understood the WARN-
INGS
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in General information on
page 200 .
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Always follow the operating instructions for
the power washer.
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Make sure that the jet on the spray hose
produces a "fan shaped spray".
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Do
not
hold the spray nozzle
too close
to
soft materials.
When cleaning the vehicle with a power wash-
er
always
follow the operating instructions .
This applies particularly to the
operating
pressure
and the
spraying distance.
Maintain
a sufficient distance to soft materials such as
rubber hoses and sound/vibrat ion deadening
materials (part icularly on the underside of the
engine hood). Do not use a jet which sprays
water in a
direct stream
or one that has a
ro-
tat ing
jet.
Water temperature should not exceed 140 °F
(60
°() .
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WARNING
Never wash tires with a je t that sprays wa-
ter in a direct stream. This could cause in-
visible damage to the tires and weake n
t hem, even if the spray is from a relatively
long distance and for a short time . Dam-
aged and weakened t ires can fail and cause
accidents and persona l injury.
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Note
To avoid damag ing your vehicle, always
make sure that there is sufficient distance
between the spray head and soft materia ls
like rubber hoses, plastic parts and sound-
deaden ing mater ials. Never aim the spray
head at the same point for a long time.
This also applies to cleaning headlights
and painted bumpers. Remember: the
closer the nozzle is to the surface of the
mater ial, the greater the stress on the ma-
terial.
Sensors and camera lenses
- Remove snow with a hand brush and remove
ice with a de -icing spray that does not con-
tain solvents.
- Clean the sensors (adaptive cruise control*,
parking system *) with a cleaning solution
that does not contain solvents and a soft
cloth.
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Note
- If you wash your vehicle with a pressure
washer,
- make sure there is enough distance to
sensors in the rear bumper.
- do not clean the camera lenses and the
area around them with the pressure
washer.
- Never use warm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens. This
could cause the lens to crack.
- Never clean the camera lens with abra-
sive products .
Waxing and Polishing
Waxing
A good wax coating prot ects the vehicle paint
to a large extent against the environmental
factors list ed under
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page 200, Washing
and
even against slight scrat ches.
You can use a liquid car wax to protect your
paint as soon as one wee k afte r your vehicle
has been delivered.
Even if you regularly use a
waxing
process in
automat ic car washes, we recommend that
you manually apply a coat of wax to give the
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