A trivial question hopefully...

How do you turn off the rear wiper?

The Owners Manual says "Push the lever forward to the first position to operate, the wiper operates intermittently until switched off. "

But does not describe how exactly to perform that "switch off", so the only way I can stop it scraping across the dry rear glass is to disconnect the s****g battery  "Gloria" 2002 L322 Voguish V8 LPG - carcass
"Jessica" 1996 Disco 1 300 TDi Auto
"Harriet" 1994 Disco 1 300 TDi Manual - Gone
"Daisy" 1992 Disco 1 200 TDi Manual - Gone

Pull the stalk back to its normal position. To activate the wiper, you push the stalk forward and leave it there....ie let go of it.

Just pull it back to original position. If you push forwards past the activation position and hold (as it won’t stay there on it’s own) it squirts the water down the back window, till you let go. It will then stay in activated position till you pull it back again to normal position.

If that makes any sense?

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Thanks I'll give that a go

I thought I had tried that combo but maybe being too aggressive so end up overshooting and squirting the front screen instead "Gloria" 2002 L322 Voguish V8 LPG - carcass
"Jessica" 1996 Disco 1 300 TDi Auto
"Harriet" 1994 Disco 1 300 TDi Manual - Gone
"Daisy" 1992 Disco 1 200 TDi Manual - Gone

So stalk has 4 positions, but will only stay in 2....

1 Pulled towards you, washes windscreen, won’t stay in this position. You hold against a spring.
2 Normal position
3 pushed forward one from normal, rear wiper wipes intermittently
4 Pushed fully away from you, water squirts on rear screen. won’t stay in this position. You hold against a spring. It returns to position 3 when you let go, so you have to move it to normal position 2 if you want the rear wiper off

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Don't forget you can also push the end in for wash wipe  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
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1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
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That seems to work, there is no tactile feedback from the stalk when moving from position 3 to 2, perhaps due to wear and tear removing some knobbly internal of the switch mechanism.

Anyhow, thanks everyone  "Gloria" 2002 L322 Voguish V8 LPG - carcass
"Jessica" 1996 Disco 1 300 TDi Auto
"Harriet" 1994 Disco 1 300 TDi Manual - Gone
"Daisy" 1992 Disco 1 200 TDi Manual - Gone