1998 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 108

DELAY: You can set the wiper speed a longor short for delay between wipes with this setting. Move band to the the DELAY position.The closer you move it to LO, the shorter the delay. (DeVille Only) OFF: Turn the band to OFF to turn off the wipers. Be sureto clear ice and snow from the wiper blades before using them. they're frozen to the windshield, If If carefully loosen or thaw them. the bladesdo become damaged, get new blades or blade inserts. Heavy snow orice can overload the wiper motor. A circuit breaker will stop the motor until it cools. Clear away snow or ice to prevent an overload. The Rainsense system can be activated by turning the wiper stalk to one of the five sensitivity levels within the AUTO DELAY area.The AUTO DELAY position closest to OFF is the lowest sensitivity setting.This allows more water to collect on the windshield between wipes. Rotating the stalk away from you to the other AUTO DELAY settings increases the sensitivityof the system and frequencyof wipes. A single wipe will occur each time youturn the wiper stalk to a higher sensitivity level. An initial wipe occurs when you turn the ignition on as a reminder that Rainsense is active. The windshield wipers also remain in a "high park" position (the wipers will stop on the windshield rather than their rested fully off. position), even when the ignition is turned Rainsense Wipers (DeVille d'Elegance and DeVille Concours Only) This moisture sensor is mounted on the passenger's interior side of the windshield behind the rearview mirror and is used to automatically operate the wipers by monitoring the amount of moisture thatis on the windshield. 2-37