Windscreen Wipers - Volvo S40 Owner's Manual

Right-hand stalk switch

Windscreen wipers

A. Windscreen and headlamp washers
B. Rain sensor – On/Off
C. Thumbwheel
D. No function
Windscreen wipers off
The windscreen wipers are off
when the stalk switch is in
position 0.
Single sweep
Raise the stalk switch to make a
single sweep.
Intermittent wiping
The delay between sweeps can
be adjusted. Turn the
thumbwheel (C) upward for a
shorter interval between
sweeps. Turn it downward to
increase the delay.
Continuous wiping
The wipers sweep at normal
speed.
The wipers sweep at high
speed.
IMPORTANT!
Use plenty of washer fluid when the
wipers are cleaning the windscreen. The
windscreen must be wet when the
windscreen wipers are operating.
Windscreen/headlamp washer
Pull the stalk switch towards the steering
wheel to start the windscreen and headlamp
washers. The wipers will make three more
sweeps once the stalk is released.
Instruments and controls
High-pressure headlamp washing
(option on certain markets)
High-pressure headlamp washing consumes
a large quantity of washer fluid. To save fluid,
the headlamps are washed as follows.
Dipped beam selected with the switch on
lighting panel:
The headlamps are washed the first time the
windscreen is washed. Within the next ten
minutes, they are washed every fifth wash of
the windscreen. If more than ten minutes
passes between washes, the headlamps are
washed every time.
Parking/position lamps selected with the
switch on the lighting panel:
• Bi-Xenon headlamps are only washed
every fifth wash cycle irrespective of the
time that elapses.
• Halogen headlamps are not washed.
The switch on the lighting panel is in
position 0:
• Bi-Xenon headlamps are only washed
every fifth wash cycle irrespective of the
time that elapses.
• Halogen headlamps are not washed.
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