Driving Your Mazda; Headlight Washer*; Rear Window Defroster- Page 143

5-53

Driving Your Mazda

Switches and Controls

Form No. 8R65-EA-03C

The ignition switch must be in the ON 
position and the headlights must be turned 
on.

The headlight washers operate 
automatically once every fifth time the 
windshield washer operates.

If you want to operate only the headlight 
washers, pull the windshield wiper lever 
toward you twice rapidly.

The rear window defroster clears frost, 
fog, and thin ice from the rear window.

The ignition switch must be in the ON 
position.

Press the switch to turn on the rear 
window defroster. The rear window 
defroster operates for about 15 minutes 
and turns off automatically.
The indicator light illuminates during 
operation.

To turn off the rear window defroster 
before the 15 minutes has elapsed, press 
the switch again.

Headlight Washer*

NOTE

When you pull the windshield wiper 
lever twice, the windshield washer 
may spray a little.

OFF

Washer

Rear Window Defroster

Don

’

t use sharp instruments or 

window cleaners with abrasives to 
clean the inside of the rear window 
surface. They may damage the 
defroster grid inside the window.

Indicator light

CAUTION

*Some models.

J60E_8R65-EA-03C_Edition6.book  Page 53  Wednesday, December 10, 2003  4:24 PM

Black process 45.0

°

 240.0 LPI