Combination Switch: Description and Operation

GF82.30-P-5000RI Combination Switch, Component Description

Component Identification:

Location
The combination switch is mounted on the steering column. It is connected directly to the steering column module (N80).

Task
The following functions can be operated using the combination switch:
- Flash on and off
- One-touch turn signaling
- Main and low beams
- Headlight flasher
- Windshield wiper
- Windshield washer system

The status of the combination switch is read in by the steering column tube module.

Activation of the individual functions
- Flash on and off
The turn signal is activated by pressing the combination switch upward for the right side and downward for the left side beyond the detent point respectively.

- One-touch turn signaling
One-touch turn signaling is activated by briefly pressing the combination switch upward for the right side and downward for the left side as far as the detent point.
The turn signal flashes 3 times.

- Main and low beams
The high beam is activated by pressing the combination switch forward. Switching over from high beam to low beam takes place by pulling back the combination switch to the zero position.

- Headlight flasher
The headlamp flasher is activated for the time period in which the combination switch is pulled back.

- Windshield wiper
- The windshield wipers are switched on by turning the front part of the combination switch.
Position "1" activates intermittent wipe.
Position "2" activates the continuous wipe at low speed.
Position "3" activates the continuous wipe at high speed.

- Windshield washer system
The windshield washer system is switched on by pressing the combination switch in the axial direction.
A brief operation in the axial direction activates touch wiping.