2015 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF SPORTWAGEN Owners Manual

Windshield made of heat-insulating glass

Fig. 79 Heat-reflective windshield with communications window (blue shaded area).

Windshield wipers and washer

Indicator light

Fig. 81 Operating the rear wiper.

NOTICE
To help prevent damage to the wiper blades and the wiper motor when it is cold outside, al-ways make sure that blades are not frozen to the windshield before operating the wipers. Using the service position can be helpful in cold weather so the wipers do not freeze to the wind-
shield ⇒  Windshield wiper service position.
x If the ignition is switched off while the wipers are running, the wipers will continue at the same wiping speed when the ignition is switched on again. Frost, ice, snow, leaves, and other objects on the windshield can damage the wipers and the wiper motor.
x Remove snow and ice from the wipers before you begin driving.
x If the wiper blades freeze to the windshield, loosen them carefully. Volkswagen recom-mends using a deicing spray.
NOTICE
Never switch on the windshield wipers when the windshield is dry because the windshield can be scratched.
On some vehicles, the windshield wipers work only if the ignition is switched on and the engine hood is closed. The windshield wipers turn off automatically when the engine hood is opened. The rear window wiper turns off when the rear hatch is opened.
The intermittent wiping for the front windshield depends on the driving speed. The higher the speed, the faster the wipers move.
If the front wipers are on, the rear wiper is switched on automatically when backing up.
x On appropriately equipped vehicles, this feature can be turned on and off in the Infotainment
system by pressing the #!2 button followed by the

Wiper performance in different situations:
During automatic
wipe/wash:
While the washer system is working, the
Climatronic switches to recirculation for
about 30 seconds to help prevent the washer
fluid odor from entering the vehicle interior.
During intermittent wiping: Speed-dependent interval control: The high-
er the vehicle speed, the faster the wipers
move.
When a vehicle door is
opened: The windshield wipers stop.

Heated washer nozzles
Some vehicles are equipped with heated washer nozzles. The heating thaws frozen washer nozzles, but not the fluid supply hoses. When the ignition is switched on, the heat applied to the washer noz-zles is automatically regulated depending on the outside air temperature.
If there is something on the windshield, the wiper will try to wipe it away. If it continues to block the wiper, the wiper will stop moving. Remove the obstacle and switch the wiper on again.
Windshield wiper service position

Fig. 82 Windshield wiper in service position.

x Press the windshield wiper lever down briefly ⇒ fig. 80 (E) when the ignition is off.
x Wipers move into service position.
Carefully fold the wiper arms back onto the windshield before driving! Switch the ignition on and press
the windshield wiper lever down briefly ⇒ fig. 80 (E). The wiper arms move back to their original posi-tion.
Lifting the wiper blades and tilting them away from the windshield
x Put the wiper arms in service position ⇒ .
x Do not handle the wiper blades, handle the wiper arms only at the attachment above the wiper blades.
NOTICE
x To help prevent damage to the engine hood and the windshield wiper arms, lift the wiper arms away from the windshield only when they are in the service position.
x Always carefully fold the windshield wiper arms down against the windshield before driving the vehicle.
The windshield wiper arms can be moved to the service position only when the vehicle is not moving.
Rain sensor

Fig. 83 Windshield wiper lever: Adjusting the rain sensor 1 (if equipped).

Fig. 84 Inside the front windshield above the inside mirror: Sensitive rain sensor surface.