Lancia Ypsilon, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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SAFETY
DEVICES
CORRECT
USE OF
THE CAR
WARNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS
“Smart washing” function
Pulling the stalk towards the steering
wheel (unstable position) operates the
windscreen washer fig. 55 .
Keeping the stalk pulled, with just one
movement it is possible to operate the
washer jet and the wiper at the same
time; indeed, the latter comes into ac-
tion automatically if the stalk is pulled
for more than half a second.
The wiper stops working a few strokes
after releasing the stalk.
RAIN SENSOR (where provided)
The rain sensor A is behind the driver
mirror in contact with the windscreen
and has the purpose of automatically
adjust, during the intermittent oper-
ation, the frequency of the windscreen
wiper strokes as to the rain intensity.
The sensor has a range of adjustment
that gradually varies between wiper
stationary (no wiping) when the
windscreen is dry, to wiper at first
continuous speed (continuous slow)
with heavy rain.
Activation fig. 56
Move the right-hand stalk down by
one position.
The activation of the rain sensor is in-
dicated by a control acquisition
“stroke”.
IMPORTANT Keep clean the glass in
the sensor area.
Turning the knurled ring F it is pos-
sible to increase the sensitivity of the
rain sensor, obtaining a quicker
change from stationary (no wiping)
when the windscreen is dry, to first
continuous speed (continuous, slow).
fig. 56 L0C0066m
fig. 55 L0C0067m
The increase of the sensitivity of the
rain sensor is signalled by a control
and acquisition “cycle”.
Operating the windscreen washer with
the rain sensor activated the normal
washing cycle is performed at the end
of which the rain sensor resumes its
normal automatic function.
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