2005 Saab 9-3 Owner's Manual - Page 103

Instruments and controls Rain sensor (option) 101 WARNING Turn the rain sensor off if the ignition is ON to avoid personal injury when clearing snow and ice from the windshield. NOTICE Control for setting wiper delay to prioritize the windshield. The following message is displayed on the SID: Washer fluid level low. Refill. To prevent the smell of washer fluid from entering the car, recirculation can be activated automatically while the windshield is washed. The recirculation symbol will however not light up. This function is optional; contact a Saab dealer. This automatic recirculation is the factory default setting as long as the system is working in full "AUTO" mode with no customized settings. Windshield wipers with rain sensor 0 1 2 3 4 5 OFF Single sweep AUTO - rain sensor engaged Low speed High speed Windshield and headlight washing (certain variants only) Turn the rain sensor off before washing the car in an automatic carwash, to avoid damaging the windshield wipers. The rain sensor automatically controls the windshield wipers. The sensor is located on the windshield beside the rearview mirror. The system varies the frequency of wiping between single sweeps and continuous wiping, depending on the amount of precipitation. Activate the rain sensor by lifting the stalk switch to the AUTO position. The wipers make one sweep for reference to see how much water is on the windshield. In the future, the sensor compares the amount of water on the windshield with this reference value. Headlight washers (certain variants only) The headlights are washed at the same time as the windshield if the headlights are on. The headlights are washed every fifth time the windshield washers are used or if two (2) minutes have elapsed since the windshield was last washed. The headlight washers are not activated at speeds in excess of 125 mph (200 km/h).