Alfa Romeo ALFA 159 2010, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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REARSCREEN WIPER
OPERATION
Rear window wiper
activation/deactivation
Turning the unstable ring nut A-fig. 1
to position ON / OFF will obtain flick fig. 1 fig. 2
A0 E0 26 4m A0 E0 26 7 m
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wipe of the rear window wiper. To turn
The rear window wiper stops working HANGING THE REARSCREEN
it off, turn the ring nut back to position
a few strokes after releasing the ring
WIPER BLADE
ON
/
OFF
.
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nut; a further stroke after about 6 sec-
Proceed as follows:
The activation of the rear windshield
onds completes the wiping operation.
wiper occurs also with the front wind-
raise the cover A-fig. 2 , slacken
shield wipe on and reverse gear insert-
the nut B and remove the arm C ;
ed.
Never use the wiper to
position the new arm correctly, ful-
remove ice or snow from
ly tighten the nut B and then lower
Rear window "smart"
the rear window. In these
the cover A .
washing
conditions, the wiper is submitted
Turning the unstable ring nut A-fig. 1
to excessive effort that results in
to position & will obtain rear window
motor protection cutting in and
washing. Keeping the unstable ring nut
wiper operation inhibition for few
at position & it will be possible to acti-
seconds as a consequence. Should
vate with just one movement both the
it be not possible to restore its
windscreen wiper and the rear window
operation, contact Alfa Romeo
wiper; the latter comes actually into ac-
Authorized Service.
tion automatically when the unstable
ring nut is kept at position & for over
half a second.
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