Volvo 2009 C70 - Manual (Page 67)

02 Instruments and controls
Right-side steering wheel lever
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Windshield wipers
Windshield/headlight washers
Rain sensor (option) – on/of, see page 67
Thumb wheel
Windshield wipers off
The windshield wipers are off when
the lever is in position
0.
Manual wiper function
From position 0, move the lever
upward. The windshield wipers will
sweep one stroke at a time for as
long as the lever is held up.
Intermittent wiper function
With the lever in this position, you
can set the wiper interval by mov-
ing the thumb wheel (C) upward to
increase wiper speed or downward
to decrease the speed.
Continuous wiper function
The wipers operate at "normal"
speed.
High speed wiper function.
A–Windshield washers
Pull the lever toward the steering wheel and
release it. The wipers will make 2–3 sweeps
across the windshield after the lever has been
released.
CAUTION
• Use ample washer fluid when washing
the windshield. The windshield should
be thoroughly wet when the wipers are
in operation.
• Before using the wipers, ice and snow
should be removed from the wind-
shield/rear window. Be sure the wiper
blades are not frozen in place.
Headlight washers (certain models)
When the lever has been pulled, high pressure
jets mounted in the bumper will spray the head-
lights.
The following applies to conserve washer fluid,
see page 59 for information on the light switch
positions:
Low/high beam headlights on
The headlights will be washed the first time the
windshield is washed. Thereafter, the head-
lights will only be washed once for every five
times the windshield is washed within a 10-
minute period.
Parking lights on
Optional Bi-Xenon ® headlights will be washed
once for every five times the windshield is
washed.
Normal halogen headlights will not be washed.