Switching the rear window wiper on/off, Replacing the wiper blades, Lights and windscreen wipers – Mercedes-Benz 2012 A Class User Manual
Page 120: Windscreen wipers
Switching the rear window wiper on/
off
Combination switch
:
è Switch
2
ô To wipe with washer fluid
3
I To switch on intermittent wiping
4
0 To switch off intermittent wiping
5
ô To wipe with washer fluid
X
Turn the key to position
1 or 2 in the ignition
lock.
X
Turn switch : on the combination switch
to the corresponding position.
When the rear window wiper is switched on,
the icon appears in the instrument cluster.
Replacing the wiper blades
Important safety notes
G
WARNING
If the windscreen wipers begin to move while
you are changing the wiper blades, you can be
trapped by the wiper arm. There is a risk of
injury.
Always switch off the windscreen wipers and
ignition before changing the wiper blades.
!
To avoid damaging the windscreen wiper
blades, make sure that you touch only the
wiper arm of the windscreen wiper.
!
Never open the bonnet/tailgate if a wiper
arm is folded away from the windscreen/
rear window.
Never fold a windscreen wiper arm without
a wiper blade back onto the windscreen/
rear window.
Hold the windscreen wiper arm firmly when
you change the wiper blade. If you release
the wiper arm without a wiper blade and it
falls onto the windscreen/rear window, the
windscreen/rear window may be damaged
by the force of the impact.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have
the wiper blades changed at a qualified
specialist workshop.
Replacing the windscreen wiper blades
Removing the wiper blades
X
Remove the key from the ignition lock.
X
Fold the wiper arm away from the wind-
screen.
X
Press both release clips ;.
X
Fold wiper blade : in the direction of
arrow = away from wiper arm ?.
X
Remove wiper blade : in the direction of
arrow A.
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