We will try again today to help you to fix the small complications associated with your motor vehicle. We have not too long ago seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will focus on an annoying problem that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Citroen C5 Aircross . And to answer this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Citroen C5 Aircross remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Citroen C5 Aircross stay stuck?

So we will begin our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Citroen C5 Aircross . To begin with we will focus on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.

Why are the front wipers on my Citroen C5 Aircross stuck in up or down position?

We will proceed through one by one the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Citroen C5 Aircross to get stuck :

  • One of the most basic motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Citroen C5 Aircross is associated with the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, with time, lose power, and eventually need to be changed. You should find out before the total blockage of your windshield wipers that they work much slower.
  • Less basic, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked due to an object that prevents the blades from working, take 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, check fairly quickly the trigger of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Citroen C5 Aircross may not work due to a faulty comodo. To evaluate this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are working, the comodo is to blame for the problem.
  • Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Citroen C5 Aircross are blocked due to a power failure, so you will have to check two parts, the relay and the fuse.

Why is the rear window wiper on my Citroen C5 Aircross stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Citroen C5 Aircross , the origins of your problems are more or less the same. Although there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated parts that can cause complications just on the rear windshield of your Citroen C5 Aircross. So, remember to execute similar checks as seen in the previous component of this content.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Citroen C5 Aircross?

At last, for this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make sure that the wipers on your Citroen C5 Aircross are unlocked and that they work properly again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Citroen C5 Aircross?

If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar 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 Citroen C5 Aircross, do not hesitate to consult our article on this problem.

  • In such a case, you will have to identify the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful there must be several of them associated with 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 Citroen C5 Aircross
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite very easy but expensive to replace your commodo, the component generally costs around 200€, once tested you will have the ability 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.
  • Citroen C5 Aircross wiper blocked due to a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to identify the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty component

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To find more tips on the Citroen C5 Aircross, take a look at the Citroen C5 Aircross category.