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Windscreen/ rear window wipers – FIAT Bravo User Manual

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SAFETY DEVICES

CORRECT USE OF THE CAR

W

ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

INDEX

DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS

CAR

MAINTENANCE

WINDSCREEN/
REAR WINDOW
WIPERS

BLADES

Periodically clean the rubber part using
special products; TUTELA PROFES-
SIONAL SC 35
is recommended.

Change the blades if the rubber edge is
warped or worn out. You should in any case
change them approximately once a year.

Driving with worn wiper
blades is a serious hazard,

because visibility is reduced in bad
weather.

WARNING

Changing the windscreen
wiper 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 tab A-fig. 14 of the coupling

spring and remove the blade to be re-
placed from the arm;

❒ fit the new arm, inserting the tab into

the arm seat. Check for proper locking.

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.

fig. 14

F0Q0662m

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