Chevrolet Cobalt Owners Manual: Windshield Wipers

The windshield wiper lever is on the right side of the steering column.

Move the lever to control the windshield wipers.

(Off): Turns the windshield
wipers off.

(Intermittent; Speed Sensitive
Wipers): For
intermittent or speed sensitive operation. The amount of delay time varies between wiping cycles due to the delay setting selected or the speed of the vehicle.

As vehicle speed is increased or decreased, the wiper interval also increases or decreases.

(Delay): Move the lever to
the&position, then
turn the band up for more
frequent wipes or down
for less frequent wipes.

(Low Speed): Slow wipes.

(High Speed): Fast wipes.

(Mist): Single wipe, move the
lever down, then
release it. Several wipes, hold the lever down.

Clear ice and snow from the wiper blades before using them.

If frozen to the windshield, carefully loosen or thaw them. Damaged wiper blades should be replaced.

Heavy snow or ice can overload the wiper motor.

A circuit breaker stops the motor until it cools. If the motor gets stuck, turn the wipers off, clear away the snow or ice, and then turn the wipers back on.

As an added safety feature, if the wipers are on for more than 15 seconds, the vehicle's headlamps turn on automatically. They turn off 15 seconds after the wipers are turned off.