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Emergencies
Raising and lowering windscreen wiper
arms
●
Place the windscreen wipers in the service
position
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● Grip the wiper arms
only
by the blade's fas-
tening point.
Cleaning windscreen wiper blades
● Raise the wiper arms.
●
Use a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt
from the windscreen wiper blades.
●
If the blades are very dirty, a sponge or
damp cloth may be used
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.
Changing the windscreen wiper blades
●
Lift and unfold the wiper arms.
● Press and hold release button
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Fig. 36
1
and pull gently on the wiper blade in the di-
rection of the arrow.
●
Fit a new wiper blade of the same length
and design
on to the wiper arm and hook it
into place.
●
Rest the wiper arms back onto the wind-
screen.
Changing the rear wiper blade
●
Lift and fold the wiper arm.
● Turn the blade slightly
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Fig. 37
(arrow
A
).
● Hold down the release button
1
while
gently pulling the blade in the direction of ar-
row
B
.
●
Insert a new blade of the same length and
type in the rear wiper arm in the opposite di-
rection to the arrow
B
and hook into place
button
1
.
●
Replace the wiper arm on the rear window.
WARNING
Worn or dirty windscreen wiper blades re-
duce visibility and increase the risk of acci-
dent and serious injury.
●
Always replace damaged or worn wind-
screen wiper blades or blades that no lon-
ger clean the windscreen properly.
CAUTION
●
Damaged or dirty windscreen wipers
could scratch the glass.
●
If products containing solvents, rough
sponges or sharp objects are used to clean
the blades, the graphite layer will be dam-
aged.
●
Never use fuel, nail varnish remover,
paint thinner or similar products to clean
the windows.
●
In icy conditions, always check that the
wiper blades are not frozen to the glass be-
fore using the wipers. In cold weather, it
may help to leave the vehicle parked with
the wipers in service position
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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.
Jump start
Jump leads
The jump lead must have a sufficient wire
cross section.
If the engine fails to start because of a dis-
charged battery, the battery can be connec-
ted to the battery of another vehicle to start
the engine.
Jump leads must comply with standard DIN
72553
(see cable manufacturer's instruc-
tions). The wire cross section must be at
least 25 mm
2 for petrol engines and at least
35 mm
2
for diesel engines.
Note
●
The vehicles must not touch each other,
otherwise electricity could flow as soon as
the positive terminals are connected.
●
The discharged battery must be properly
connected to the on-board network.
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