FIAT Stilo - Manual (Page 232)

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W
ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA
TIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS
SAFETY DEVICES
CORRECT USE OF THE CAR
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
WINDSCREEN/
REAR WINDOW
WIPERS
BLADES
Periodically clean the rubber part using
special products; TUTELA PROFES-
SIONAL SC 35 is recommended.
If the rubber blades are bent or worn they
should be replaced. In any case they
should be changed once a year.
A few simple notions can reduce the pos-
sibility of damage to the blades:
❒ if the temperature fall below zero,
make sure that ice has not frozen the
rubber against glass. If necessary, thaw
using an antifreeze product;
❒ remove any snow from the glass: in ad-
dition to protecting the blades, this pre-
vents effort on the motor and over-
heating;
❒ do not operate the windscreen and
rear window wipers on dry glass.
Changing the windscreen
wiper blades
Proceed as follows:
❒ raise the windscreen wiper arm A-fig.
22 and position the blade so that it
forms an angle of 90° with the arm;
❒ press tab B of the coupling spring and
remove the blade to be replaced from
the arm A;
❒ fit the new blade by inserting the tab in-
to the special slot in the arm. Make sure
it is properly locked into place.
For certain versions, to replace the blades
proceed as follows:
❒ raise the windscreen wiper arm and po-
sition the blade so that it forms an an-
gle of 90° with the arm;
❒ press tabs A-fig. 23 (set aside the
blade) and remove the blade to be re-
placed from the arm;
❒ fit the new blade and check it is prop-
erly locked into place.
Driving with worn wiper
blades is a serious hazard,
because visibility is reduced in bad
weather.
WARNING
fig. 22 F0C0162m fig. 23 F0C0507m