Volkswagen Jetta / Bora: Electrical System Manual - part 41

shaft and tighten securing nut -arrows- by hand.

– Adjust windscreen wiper blade park position 

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1.4

Adjusting wiper blade park position

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

♦ Puller -T10130-

Note

On RHD vehicles, the wiper blades are a mirror image.

– Deactivate the APP function if not already done 

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– Allow wiper to move to park position and then switch ignition

off.

– Now adjust windscreen wiper blade park position.

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chamber cover should be 10 mm.
– If necessary, adjust wiper blade park position by moving wiper

arm.

Removing wiper arms 

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– Tighten threaded connection to specified torque setting

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Front passenger's side:
Distance -B- between wiper blade and upper edge of plenum

chamber cover should be 10 mm.
– If necessary, adjust wiper blade park position by moving wiper

arm.

Removing wiper arms 

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– Tighten threaded connection to specified torque setting

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1.5

Removing and installing aerodynamic

wipers

Removing:

Note

♦

Driver's and front passenger wiper blades should not be inter‐

changed during installation.

♦

The aerodynamic wipers are very flexible. To lift the wiper

blades off the windscreen, touch them only in the area in which

the wiper blades are attached to the wipers.

♦

To remove the wiper blades, the wiper arms should be placed

in the “service/winter position”. The“service/winter position” is

activated within 10 seconds after ignition is switched off by

pressing windscreen wiper lever in “tip wipe”.

– Place wiper arm in “service/winter position” by operating the

windscreen wiper lever within 10 seconds after ignition is

switched off in “tip wipe” position.

– Lift up wiper arm.

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1.6

Removing and installing rain and light

detector sensor -G397-

Removing:
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Removal wedge -3409-

– Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers and pull out

ignition key.

Gr.  68 ; Removing and installing interior mirror .

– Pull connector -1- off rain and light detector sensor -G397-

-2-.

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sensor -G397- -1- out of retainer -2-.

Note

When removing, ensure to remove the complete rain and light

detector sensor -G397- and not only the upper shell of the sensor.

Installing:
Installation is performed in the reverse order of installation; when

doing this, note the following:

Note

♦

Before installing, thoroughly clean the windscreen, within the

retainer for the rain and light detector sensor -G397- .

♦

The surface (coupling cushions) of the rain and light detector

sensor -G397- must not be soiled when installing.

♦

If the surface (coupling cushions) of the rain and light detector

sensor -G397- is soiled, it can possibly be cleaned by “Apply‐

ing” and “Pulling off” one or more tapes.

♦

After installing the rain and light detector sensor -G397- there

must be no air bubbles between windscreen and the surface

(coupling cushions).

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