We will try again in this article to help you to remedy the small complications associated with your motor vehicle. We have not too long ago discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, in this article we will look into an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Citroen Saxo . And to correct this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Citroen Saxo remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Citroen Saxo stay stuck?

So we will start our content with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Citroen Saxo . First of all we will look into the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.

Why are the front wipers on my Citroen Saxo 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 Citroen Saxo to get stuck :

  • One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Citroen Saxo is associated with 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 because of an object that prevents the blades from working, examine up to the axis of the blades.
  • If it is a lack of lubrication, you will find that your front wipers are going slower, verify quickly the cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Citroen Saxo may not work because of 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 possibility, the front wipers of your Citroen Saxo are blocked because of a power failure, so you will have to verify two parts, the relay and the fuse.

Why is the rear window wiper on my Citroen Saxo stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Citroen Saxo , the origins of your complications are more or less the same. Nevertheless there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated parts that can trigger complications only on the rear windshield of your Citroen Saxo. So, remember to conduct similar investigations as discovered in the previous part of this content.

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

At last, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to make sure that the wipers on your Citroen Saxo are unlocked and that they work effectively again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Citroen Saxo?

If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will detail them one after the other in this part, it is up to you to adapt them to the part that concerns you. If you have other blocking complications such as a fuel door stuck on Citroen Saxo, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this problem.

  • In this 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 take out 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 Saxo
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite very easy but expensive to change your commodo, the part 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.
  • Citroen Saxo 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 part

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To get more tips on the Citroen Saxo, take a look at the Citroen Saxo category.