Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localising-Europe-11374166) -
2018 - crc - 7/14/17
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
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Clear ice and snow from the wiper
blades before using them. If frozen to
the windscreen, carefully loosen or
thaw them. Damaged wiper blades
should be replaced. See
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor. An internal circuit
breaker to the motor will stop the
motor until it cools down.
Wiper Parking
If the ignition is turned off while the
wipers are on
w
,
1
, or
3
INT,
they will immediately stop.
If
z
FRONT is then moved to OFF
before the driver door is opened or
within 10 minutes, the wipers will
restart and move to the base of the
windscreen.
If the ignition is turned off while the
wipers are performing wipes due to
windscreen washing or Rainsense, the
wipers continue to run until they
reach the base of the windscreen.
Rainsense
With Rainsense, a sensor near the top
centre of the windscreen detects the
amount of water on the windscreen
and controls the frequency of the
windscreen wiper.
Keep this area of the windscreen clear
of debris to allow for best system
performance.
3
INT :
Turn the
z
FRONT band
on the wiper lever to adjust the
sensitivity when Rainsense is
turned on.
.
Turn the band up for more
sensitivity to moisture.
.
Turn the band down to lower INT
setting for less sensitivity to
moisture.
Move the band out of the
3
INT
position to deactivate Rainsense.
z
AUTO :
Press to turn Rainsense
on or off. When turned on and
z
FRONT is in one of the Rainsense
wipe sensitivity positions the wipers
can be adjusted for more or less
sensitivity to moisture. When turned
off, the wipers operate as timed
intermittent wipers and can be
adjusted for more or less frequent
wipes.
If
z
AUTO is turned on when the
ignition is turned on, or if the ignition
is in on and the
z
FRONT band is
in one of the sensitivity settings when
z
AUTO is turned on or off, a
message may display indicating if
Rainsense was turned on or off.
If the ignition is in on and
z
FRONT is not in one of the sensitivity
settings when
z
AUTO is turned on,