
ELECTRIC
SYSTEM
FIAT PUNTO TRAINING OUTLINE
Fiat Auto S.p.A.
After Sales Training
Automatic wiping mode (rain sensor)
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The rain sensor is actuated by turning the ring of the steering column stalk right-hand lever to
the intermittent/automatic operation position. Thus, the frequency of the windscreen wiper
strokes can be set depending on the amount of water found on the windscreen.
Such frequency may vary from no stroke at all (no rain – dry windscreen) to continuous speed
2 (heavy rain – wet windscreen).
The rain sensor actuation drives the execution of a windscreen wiper stroke acting as a feed-
back for sensor switch-on. The user may vary the rain sensor sensitivity by means of the
vehicle set-up menu on the instrument panel.
If the vehicle is switched off and the lever ring is left in the intermittent/automatic operation
position, no wiping cycle will be carried out when the vehicle is next started, even if is rains:
this will avoid unintentional actuation.
To restore the system’s automatic operation, the user shall move the ring from the intermittent-
automatic operation position to any other position, and then return to intermittent-automatic
operation position.
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When the rain sensor operation is resumed, a windscreen wiper stroke will occur, regardless
of the windscreen conditions, to inform the user that the operation has been resumed.