Land Rover Defender: Wipers and Washers - Component Location, Overview
COMPONENT LOCATION
COMPONENT LOCATION - 1 OF 2
NOTES:
- Right Hand Drive (RHD) vehicle is shown, Left Hand Drive (LHD) vehicle is similar.
- Vehicle with 5 doors is shown, vehicle with 3 doors is similar.
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- Rain/light sensor
- Windshield wiper arm and blade (quantity 2)
- Windshield wiper motor and linkage assembly
- Windshield washer jet or heated windshield washer jet (quantity 2)
- Washer jet - Rear proximity camera (if equipped)
- Tailgate wiper arm and blade
- Headlamp washer jet (quantity 2) (if equipped)
- Tailgate washer jet
- Tailgate wiper motor
- Windshield washer reservoir
COMPONENT LOCATION - 2 OF 2
NOTE: RHD vehicle is shown, LHD vehicle is similar.
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- Windshield wiper control switch
OVERVIEW
The wipers and washers system functions on receipt of requests made by the driver or the rain/light sensor. All wiper functions for the front and rear wipers are controlled from the right steering column multifunction switch.
The wiper and washer system comprises:
- Windshield and tailgate wiper motors
- A windshield wiper linkage
- Windshield wiper arms and blades (quantity 2)
- Tailgate wiper arm and blade
- Windshield washer jets (quantity 2) or heated windshield washer jets (quantity 2) (if equipped)
- Headlamp washer jets (quantity 2) (if equipped)
- A washer jet - Rear proximity camera (if equipped)
- Tailgate washer jet
- Windshield washer reservoir
- Windshield wiper control switch
- Rain/light sensor.
The windshield wiper system has 5 wiper stages of operation:
- Flick wipe
- Slow wipe
- Fast wipe
- Windshield wash and wipe
- Automatic wipe.
The wiper system is equipped with a rain/light sensor which controls the automatic wiper functions and also the automatic lighting functions. The 'AUTO' function uses an output from the rain/light sensor to the Body Control Module (BCM)/ Gateway Control Module (GWM) on a Local Interconnect Network (LIN). The purpose is to provide automatic operation of the windshield wipers.
The tailgate wiper has 3 operational states:
- Tailgate wash and wipe
- Intermittent wipe
- Continuous wipe.
Tailgate wiper motor operation is suspended while the tailgate is open.
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Wipers and Washers - Description
DESCRIPTION
WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL SWITCH
Tailgate wiper intermittent wipe position
Windshield wiper control switch
Rain/light sensor sensitivity adjust
Windshield fast wipe position
Windshie
Wipers and Washers - Operation
WINDSHIELD WIPERS
The windshield wiper system has the following functionality:
Flick wipe
Slow wipe
Fast wipe
Windshield wash and wipe
Automatic wipe.
Flick wipe
Flick wipe is activated when th
Headlamp Washer Jet
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
REMOVAL
NOTES:
This procedure contains some variation in the illustrations depending
on the vehicle specification, but the
essential information is always correct.
This
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Note: The information panel can be
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Type approval
DECLARATIONS OF
CONFORMITY
The digital handbook can be viewed at:
www.ownerinfo.landrover.com and is
updated with the latest available
information.
TYPE APPROVAL
The following information relates to
Infotainment System Radio Type Approval
Declarations.
The notices below apply to the following
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