FIAT Punto - Manual (Page 74)

SAFETY DEVICES
CORRECT USE OF THE CAR
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ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
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RAIN SENSOR (where provided)
The rain sensor is behind the driving mirror in contact with the
windscreen and has the purpose of automatically adjust, during the
intermittent operation, 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
Move the right-hand stalk downwards by one position.
The activation of the rain sensor is signalled by a control acquisition
“stroke”.
IMPORTANT Keep clean the glass in the sensor area.
Turning the knurled ring (F) it is possible 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).
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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