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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Smart key operation
The smart key system uses Radio
Frequency (RF) transmissions that could
interfere with implanted medical
devices. To avoid any possibility of
interference between the system and
the device, make sure that the device is
kept at a safe distance. The distance
should be at least 8 in (22 cm) away
from
Operation
POWER FLOWS
Operation of the transmission is controlled by the Transmission Control
Module (TCM), which electrically activates
various solenoids to control the transmission gear selection. The sequence of
solenoid activation is based on
progamed information in the TCM memory and physical transmiss
