2020 Subaru Impreza Owners Manual - Wiper and washer

Wiper and washer

The windshield wiper motor is pro- tected against overloads by a circuit breaker. If the motor operates continu- ously under an unusually heavy load, the circuit breaker may trip to stop the motor temporarily. If this happens, park your vehicle in a safe place, turn off the wiper switch, and wait for approxi- mately 10 minutes. The circuit breaker will reset itself, and the wipers will again operate normally.

Clean your blade rubbers and win- dow glass periodically with a washer solution to prevent streaking, and to remove accumulations of road salt or road film. Operate the windshield washer for at least 1 second so that washer solution will be sprinkled all over the windshield or rear window.

Grease, wax, insects or other mate- rial on the windshield or the blade rubbers results in jerky wiper operation

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. If you cannot eliminate the streaking even after following this procedure, replace the wiper blades (or blade rubbers) with new ones. For replace- ment instructions, refer to “Replace- ment of wiper blades”  11-31.

Windshield wiper and washer switches

The wiper operates only when the ignition switch is in the “ON” or “ACC” position.

: Mist operation (for a single wipe) : Off

: Intermittent operation

: Low speed operation : High speed operation

For a single wipe of the wipers, push the lever up. The wipers operate until you release the lever.

When the wiper switch is in the “ ” position, turn the dial to adjust the operat- ing interval of the wiper. The operating interval can be adjusted in several steps.

To wash the windshield, pull the wiper control lever toward you. The washer fluid sprays until you release the lever. The wipers operate while you pull the lever.

Windshield washer fluid warning light

& Rear window wiper and washer switch (5-door mod- els)

: Washer operation (accompanied by wiper operation)

: Continuous operation

: Intermittent operation : Off

: Washer operation (accompanied by wiper operation)

With the switch turned to the “ ” position, the rear wiper will operate intermittently at intervals corresponding to the vehicle speed. In this position, when you move the select lever to the “R” position (CVT

models) or the shift lever to the reverse position (MT models), the rear wiper will switch to continuous operation. When you move the select lever/shift lever from the “R” (reverse) position to another position, the rear wiper will return to intermittent operation.

Reverse gear interlocked rear wiper: Even if the rear wiper switch is in the off “ ” position, if the front windshield wiper is

operating continuously, the rear wiper will operate intermittently when you move the select lever/shift lever to the “R” (reverse) position.

The factory setting (default setting) of the reverse gear interlocked rear wiper is as follows.

U.S.-spec. models: Non-operational

Other models: Operational

This setting can be changed by a SUBARU dealer. Consult your SUBARU dealer for details.

! Washer

To wash the rear window, turn the knob to the “ ” position. The washer fluid sprays and the wiper operates until you release the knob.