Seat Leon Owner's Manual page 121

120 Lights and visibility
Lifting and returning windscreen wiper arms
● Place the wiper arms in the service position ⇒ .
● Only hold the wiper arms at the point where the blade is fixed.
CAUTION
● To prevent damage to the bonnet and the wiper arms, only leave them in
the service position.
● Before driving, always lower the wiper arms.
Rain sensor*
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The rain sensor controls the frequency of the windscreen wiper intervals,
depending on the amount of rain ⇒
be adjusted manually. Manual wipe ⇒ p age 118
Move the lever to the required position
Rain sensor off.
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Rain sensor on; automatic wipe if necessary.
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Setting sensitivity level of rain sensor
Fig. 66 Windscreen wip-
A
er lever: adjusting the
– Set control to the right: highly sensitive.
rain sensor
A
– Set control to the left: less sensitive.
When the ignition is switched off and then back on, the rain sensor stays on
and starts operating again when the windscreen wipers are in position
and the vehicle is travelling at more than 16 km/h (10 mph).
Rain sensor modified behaviour
Possible causes of faults and mistaken readings on the sensitive surface
⇒ F ig. 67
. The sensitivity of the rain sensor can
⇒ F ig.
of the rain sensor include:
Fig. 67 Rain sensor sen-
sitive surface
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