The rain sensor is behind the driving mirror in contact with the windscreen and has the purpose of automatically adjust, during the intermittent operation, the frequency of the windscreen wiper strokes as to the rain intensity.
The sensor has a range of adjustment that gradually varies between wiper stationary (no wiping) when the windscreen is dry, to wiper at first continuous speed (continuous slow) with heavy rain.
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Ignition Key Removal
1. Place the shift lever in PARK (if equipped with an automatic transmission).
2. Turn the ignition switch to the ACC/ON/RUN position.
3. Rotate the key to the OFF/LOCK position.
4. Remove the key ...
Manual climate control system (where provided)
The climate control system is adjusted manually.
CONTROLS fig. 78
A - Knob for operating the fan and switching the climate control system on and
off.
The climate control system can only be switch ...
Pretensioners
To increase the efficiency of the front seat belts, the Fiat Punto is fitted
with pretensioners. These devices “feel”, through a sensor, that a violent crash
is in progress and rewind the seat bel ...