windshield wipers SKODA SUPERB 2010 2.G / (B6/3T) Owner's Manual

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Sun screen in the rear doors*Pulling out– Pull the sun screen at the handle fig. 62 and hang it in the bracket on the top
edge of the door.Folding– Take the sun screen out at the handle and hold it in such a way that it can roll up slowly and without damage.
Windshield wiper and wash systemWindshield wiper
You can operate the windscreen wipers and automatic wipe/wash
using the windscreen wiper lever.The windscreen wiper lever fig. 63 has the following positions:Finger-operated wiping– If you wish to wipe the windscreen only briefly, push the lever into the sprung
position . If you hold the lever in the lower position for more than 1 second, the
wiper wipes faster.Intermittent wiping– Position the lever up into position .
– Set with the switch the desired brea k between the individual wiper strokes.Slow wipe– Position the lever up into position .Fast wipe– Position the lever up into position .
Fig. 62 Rear door: Sun screen
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Fig. 63 Windscreen wiper lever
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Caution
In frosty weather, please firs t of all check whether the windscreen wiper blades are not
frozen to the windscreen before switching them on. Switching on windscreen wipers
when the blades are frozen to the windscreen may result in damage both to the blades
and the motor of the windscreen wipers!
Note
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If the slower page 73, fig. 63 or the faster wiper setting is switched on and
the vehicle speed decreases to below 4 km/h, the lower wiper step is switched on
automatically. At a speed increase of more than 8 km/h the previous wiper setting is
established again.
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If there is an obstacle on the windscreen, the wiper will try to push away the
obstacle. If the obstacle continues to bloc k the wiper, the wiper stops automatically
after 5 attempts to eliminate the obstacle, in order to avoid a damage to the wiper.
Remove the obstacle and and switch on the wiper again.
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The content of the windscreen washer fluid reservoir is 3 litres. On vehicles which
are equipped with a headlight cleaning syst em*, the content of the reservoir is 5.5
litres.
Automatic rear window wiper* (Combi)If the windshield wiper lever is in the position page 73, fig. 63 or , the rear
window wiper carries out a wiping process ev ery 30 seconds or 10 seconds at a speed
above 5 km/h.
When the rain sensor* is active (the lever is in the position ) the function is only
active if the front window wipers continue to operate (no break between each wiping
process).
Activation/deactivation
The function of the automatic rear window wiper is activated/deactivated in the infor-
mation display* in the menu:
Setup
Lights & Vision (Lights & Vision)
Rear wiper
Note
The function of the automatic rear window wi per is only valid for Combi vehicles which
are equipped with the information display*. The function is activated in the factory.Position of the rear window wiper (Combi)Each second time the ignition is switched off, the wiper blade is tilted. Thus, the life of
the wiper blade is prolonged. As standard this function is activated and it can be deac-
tivated as follows:Deactivating– Switch on the ignition.
– Push the operating level into the position page 73, fig. 63 five times in
succession within 5 seconds.
– Switch off the ignition. After switching on th e ignition again, the position of the rear
window wiper is deactivated.
The activation of the position of the rear window wiper is carried out in the same way
as the deactivation.Headlight cleaning system*The headlights are being cleaned after the windscreen has been sprayed for the first
time and fifth time, the low beam or main beam are switched on and the windscreen
wiper lever was held in the position page 73, fig. 63 for about 1 second.
The headlight washer nozzles are moved forward out of the bumper by the water pres-
sure for cleaning the headlights.
You should remove stubborn dirt (such as in sect residues) from the headlight lenses at
regular intervals, for example when refuelling . Please refer to the following guidelines.
You should remove any snow from the fixtur es of the washer nozzles and clear ice in
winter with a de-icing spray in order to ensure proper operation of the cleaning
system.
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