Front flick wipe (Wipers and washers)

Front flick wipe

Flick wipe operation will only activate when the following conditions are met: l Ignition switch is in position I or II. l Front flick switch is operated.

Pressing the flick wipe switch operates the front wiper motor at high speed. The front wiper motor operates as long as the flick switch is activated. Releasing the flick switch causes the front wiper motor to run through the park switch circuitry. The park switch only permits low speed operation. Thus if the flick switch is pressed and immediately released, the wipers operate at low speed.

Rear intermittent wipe variable delay

The rear intermittent wipe variable delay operation allows the driver to adjust the interval between wipes to suit local conditions. Rear variable delay operation only activates if the following conditions are met: l Ignition switch in position I or II. l Front wash/ wipe switch on intermittent. l Rear wipe switch is operated.

The BCU determines the desired delay interval based on the setting of the variable delay switch. The rear wash/ wipe delay is nominally twice as long as that of the front. This information passes from the IDM to the rear wiper relay and activates the rear wiper motor.

If the delay duration is decreased during operation of the rear wiper, the wipers immediately operate once and the delay cycle is reset.

If the delay duration is increased during operation of the rear wiper, the delay cycle is automatically increased by the BCU.

Reverse wiping

Reverse wiping operates the rear wiper motor when reverse gear is selected. The transmission must be in reverse for longer then 0.5 seconds before reversing wipe activates. Reversing wipe activates if the following conditions are met: l Ignition switch is in position II. l Reverse gear is selected. l Rear wiper or front wipers operating.

If the rear wiper is active in any mode when reverse gear is selected, the rear wiper activates for 4 second. After 4 seconds the rear wiper operates in a delay operation at the same delay interval set by the variable delay switch until reverse gear is deselected.

If the front wipers are operating on either low or high speed when reverse gear is selected, the rear wiper activates continuously until reverse gear is deselected.

In order to enable reversing wipe functions, the BCU utilises the reversing light switch located within the transmission to determine when reverse gear has been selected.

If the front intermittent wipe is active when reverse gear is selected, the rear wiper completes 2 cycles before operating at the same intermittent delay as the front wipers.