Replacing The Wiper Blades - Mercedes-Benz Vito Operating Instructions Manual

Replacing the wiper blades

G
Risk of injury
When the windscreen wipers are set to in-
termittent wipe or the rain sensor is active,
the windscreen wipers could start moving at
any time and injure yourself or others.
Always remove the key from the ignition
lock before replacing the wiper blades.
G
Risk of accident
Wiper blades are wear parts. Change the
wiper blades every six months, ideally in the
spring and autumn. Otherwise, the wind-
screen and rear window will not be wiped
properly. This may prevent you from observ-
ing the traffic conditions, thereby causing
an accident.
!
Only hold the wiper blade by the arm. You
could otherwise damage the wiper blade rub-
ber.
Removing
E
Turn the key to position 1 in the igni-
tion lock.
E
Set the windscreen wipers to position I
on the combination switch
( e page 144).
E
When the wiper arm is in the vertical
position, turn the key to position 0 in
the ignition lock and remove the key.
E
Depress the parking brake firmly.
E
On vehicles with automatic transmis-
sion, move the selector lever
to position P.
E
Set the combination switch to level 0.
E
Remove the key from the ignition lock.
E
Fold the wiper arm away from the wind-
screen.
E
Set the wiper blade at right angles to
the wiper arm.
Nur fuer internen Gebrauch
Maintenance
Front wiper arm with wiper blade
1 Wiper blade
2 Retaining clip
3 Wiper arm
E Fold wiper arm 3 away from the wind-
screen.
E Press the two retaining clips 2 togeth-
er in the direction of the arrow and
swing wiper blade 1 away from wiper
arm 3.
E Pull wiper blade 1 up and out of the
retainer on wiper arm 3.
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