We will try again today to help you to remedy the small complications related to your car. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an irritating issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on BMW i3 . And to remedy this, we will first try to discover why the wipers on your BMW i3 remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my BMW i3 stay stuck?
So we will start our content page with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your BMW i3 . To begin with we will look into the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my BMW i3 stuck in up or down position?
We will go through one at a time the different complications that can trigger the front wipers of your BMW i3 to get stuck :
- One of the most common causes of front wipers getting stuck on your BMW i3 is related to the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, over time, lose power, and sooner or later need to be changed. You should notice before the total blockage of your windshield wipers that they work much slower.
- Less common, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked as a result of an object that prevents the blades from functioning, have a look up to the axis of the blades.
- If it is a lack of lubrication, you will discover that your front wipers are going slower, verify quickly the cause of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your BMW i3 may not operate as a result of a defective comodo. To check this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are functioning, the comodo is responsible for the problem.
- Finally, last possibility, the front wipers of your BMW i3 are blocked as a result of a power failure, so you will have to verify two auto parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my BMW i3 stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your BMW i3 , the roots of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can trigger complications only on the rear windshield of your BMW i3. So, make sure you accomplish the same checks as seen in the previous component of this content page.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my BMW i3?
At last, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your BMW i3 are unlocked and that they operate properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my BMW i3?
Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will detail them one by one in this component, it is up to you to adapt them to the component that concerns you. If you have other blocking complications such as a fuel door stuck on BMW i3, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this issue.
- In this case, you will have to find the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful there must be several of them related to the different speeds of sweeping), then remove the brushes and the linkage. At last, you will have to unscrew these anchoring points which are generally fixed on silentblocks and reassemble a new wiper motor on your BMW i3
- In this situation, it will be quite basic but expensive to replace your commodo, the component generally costs around 200€, once tested you will be able to disassemble your commodo by removing the cover from the back of the steering wheel then disconnecting it and removing it with the fixing screws, you will just have to reassemble the new one.
- BMW i3 wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to find the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective component
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