At Fixya.com, our trusted experts are meticulously vetted and possess extensive experience in their respective fields. Backed by a community of knowledgeable professionals, our platform ensures that the solutions provided are thoroughly researched and validated.
- If you need clarification, ask it in the comment box above.
- Better answers use proper spelling and grammar.
- Provide details, support with references or personal experience.
Tell us some more! Your answer needs to include more details to help people.You can't post answers that contain an email address.Please enter a valid email address.The email address entered is already associated to an account.Login to postPlease use English characters only.
Tip: The max point reward for answering a question is 15.
Assuming they're not frozen to the windscreen(!), the problem could lie with the wiper motor or linkage being fouled with sticky grease which goes solid when cold. Locate the motor and linkage from the engine bay by removing the covers and spray the moving parts with WD40 while operating. Once clean, stop the wipers and use clean multi-purpose grease.
Their is a relay under the dash board that controls the wipers some times this burns out un plug this you will need 2 remove the fuse panel to do this with the ignition switch the wipers on then identify which unit it u will see small coulerd box's about 25 mm square when u fined the right one replace this with egzaxtly the same type this should sort it 4 u
Hi, First check that you have wash liquid in tank. second make sure that it will not freeze by putting alcohol in your mix of water and soap. You can buy it already mixed at most service stations. Check pump for corosion on contacts. Good luck.
Check to see if the nut that holds the wiper arm at its base has come loose. tighten to spec. this will happen if you run youe wipers when the are frozen to the windshield. (or shall a say windscreen, it is a british vehicle)
this just happened to us, the drivers side stopped working after getting tangled up with the passenger side...it was just a case of tightening up the 13mm nuts on the wiper arm.
Fuse nr.31, F31,(25A) = Windscreen wipers This fuse is placed on fuse box / relay plate engine bay 1, under bonnet in engine compartment area!
If the fuse F31 is OK.
You must diagnose why windscreen wipers going slow and/or stopping. In order to find out the cause of wipers stopping you can try follows:
1. Carefully extract the wiper arms from their axles (two pieces). In some cases you need to use an extracting tool. Heed of the windscreen !!!
2. Disassemble the plastic covers from the bottom of the windscreen.
3. With the bonnet up you can start the engine, (transmission in "N" or "P" position and parking brake on). Now you must switch on the control lever of the wipers, and go to the engine compartment. If the wiper motor runs let the wiper motor running for a few minutes and switch off. Go to the step 4. If the wiper motor do not runs you must check first the electrical feeding of the motor. It is necessary to unscrew three bolts of the mechanism and disconnect the electrical coupling (difficult assurance). If the electrical feeding is OK you must replace the motor - steps 5, 6, 7. If not you must check electrical connections, the control switch of wipers and electric cables.
4. Now you must check the two bearings of wiper mechanism with your hand. In the most cases the left bearing is out of order (is very hot). This is the most encounter fault of the wipers running at Audi.
5. For have enough space to manipulation the wiper motor together with their mechanism you must extract the plastic cover of the engine computer box, and extract also the box screws. Then you can move slowly the engine computer box, just for a few milimeters.
6. You must disconnect the electrical coupling of the motor (difficult assurance), unscrew three bolts of the mechanism and extract together with the motor. You must move them slowly between windscreen and engine computer box until the wiper motor go out together with the mechanism. This is the most difficult operation!
7. Now you can repair the bearings, replace entire wiper mechanism or replace the wiper motor. It is not very simply, but it works. Heed of the windscreen !!! Refit all in reverse order.
The wiper motor is situated under the plastic air intake cover at the bottom of the wind screen.Remove the wiper arms and the clips holding the cover on , replace the wiper motor and operate before putting the wiper arms back to return the motor to it's park position.
×