Would you believe it!! Now no wipers

[5yearstobuyatvr]

Just had central locking fixed yesterday,came home in heavy rain,parked car in garage. next morning switched on wipers moved about 2 inches, then died, suspected fuse had blown. However it appears not because other functions sharing same fuses are all working.Any ideas please? By the way I had a new wiper park switch fitted a couple of months ago.

[5yearstobuyatvr]

Apologies for this posting,problem solved,wipers wouldnt move because of lack of lubrication on glass ie water.

[tvrforever]

had similar tonight - but on intermitent they stoped mid wipe, move the stalk to constant wipe and it worked fine... Bit odd as same qty of water on screen but hey ho

[5yearstobuyatvr]

My problem probably caused by fitting new wiper blades as well,along with clean glass, giving almost a firm grip onto glass surface

[Gaffer]

tvrforever said:

had similar tonight - but on intermitent they stoped mid wipe, move the stalk to constant wipe and it worked fine... Bit odd as same qty of water on screen but hey ho

Park switch is duff. I have the same problem, just need Ian to have time to do it but with the amount of rain that is around at the moment, its either full speed or off when I am parked up.

To get them to park at the bottom of the screen, put them on constant wipe and switch off as they hit the bottom of the wipe.

Claire

Edited by Gaffer on Wednesday 2nd August 22:28

[Bob the Planner]

Just one word - Rainex.

Works fine for me above 25mph and eases wipers over the screen below that.

[Wildfire]

tvrforever said:

had similar tonight - but on intermitent they stoped mid wipe, move the stalk to constant wipe and it worked fine... Bit odd as same qty of water on screen but hey ho

Yep as Gaffer said dead Park switch. beware because if left untreated it will start to blow fuses as soon as you use the wipers. you can do 2 things:

1). Take it off and replace - Cost you money, but your wirpers will self park and they will have an intermitten twipe

2). Take it off and cut off the small plastic button, which sticks out of it. - Cheap (well free) , but no intermittent or self park.

[That Daddy]

Just changed that park switch (easy)job makes change,got fed up with said problem no intermit & no park £12 got it off mini specialist on fleabay.should of done it earlier,must say though got involved with stripping motor & drive mechanism(signs of water ingress)time consuming but the wipers are now going like the clappers.another job done,whats next mmmmm.

[theaxe]

For future reference here's a guide to fixing the wiper park switch. It's pretty easy...