We will try again today to help you to resolve the small problems 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 look into an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Citroen Xantia . And to answer this, we will first try to discover why the wipers on your Citroen Xantia remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Citroen Xantia stay stuck?

So we will begin our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Citroen Xantia . 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 Citroen Xantia stuck in up or down position?

We will proceed through one by one the different problems that can bring about the front wipers of your Citroen Xantia to get stuck :

  • One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Citroen Xantia is associated with the engine that drives them, in reality, these engines can, over 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 common, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked due to an object that prevents the blades from functioning, take a look up to the axis of the blades.
  • If it is a lack of lubrication, you will locate that your front wipers are going slower, check quickly the cause of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Citroen Xantia may not work due to a defective comodo. To test this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are functioning, the comodo is to blame for the problem.
  • Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Citroen Xantia 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 Xantia stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Citroen Xantia , the origins of your problems 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 bring about problems only on the rear windshield of your Citroen Xantia. So, remember to carry out similar inspections as seen in the previous part of this content.

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

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

How to unlock the wipers of my Citroen Xantia?

Whether 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 part, it is up to you to adapt them to the part that concerns you. If you have other blocking problems such as a fuel door stuck on Citroen Xantia, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this issue.

  • In this case, you will have to locate the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be cautious 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 Xantia
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite simple but expensive to replace 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 Xantia wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to locate the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective part

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