Windscreen/Rear Window Wipers - Fiat Panda Owner's Handbook Manual

WINDSCREEN/
REAR WINDOW
WIPERS
BLADES
Periodically clean the rubber part using
special products; TUTELA PROFES-
SIONAL SC 35 is recommended.
If the rubber blades are bent or worn they
should be replaced. In any case they should
be changed once a year.
A few simple notions can reduce the pos-
sibility of damage to the blades:
❒ if the temperature falls below zero,
make sure that ice has not frozen the
rubber against glass. If necessary, thaw
using an antifreeze product;
❒ remove any snow from the glass: in ad-
dition to protecting the blades, this pre-
vents effort on the motor and over-
heating;
❒ do not operate the windscreen and
rear window wipers on dry glass.
WARNING
Driving with worn wiper
blades is a serious hazard,
because visibility is reduced in bad
weather.
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fig. 16
Changing the windscreen
wiper blades fig. 16
Proceed as follows:
❒ raise the windscreen wiper arm A and
position the blade so that it forms an
angle of 90° with the arm;
❒ press tab B of the coupling spring and
remove the blade to be replaced from
the arm A;
❒ fit the new blade by inserting the tab in-
to the special slot in the arm. Make sure
it is properly locked into place.
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Changing the rear
window blade fig. 17
Proceed as follows:
❒ raise the cover A and remove the arm
from the car, slackening the nut B that
fastens it to the pivot pin;
❒ fit the new arm, positioning it correct-
ly, and fully tighten the nut;
❒ lower the cover.
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