We will try again in this article to help you to resolve the small complications related to your motor vehicle. We have not too long ago seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, in this article we will concentrate on an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Dodge Journey . And to answer this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Dodge Journey remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Dodge Journey stay stuck?
So we will begin our content page with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Dodge Journey . First of all we will concentrate on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Dodge Journey stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one at a time the different complications that can trigger the front wipers of your Dodge Journey to get stuck :
- One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Dodge Journey is related to the engine unit that drives them, in reality, these engines can, over time, lose power, and sooner or later 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 working, examine 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 cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Dodge Journey may not work due to a faulty comodo. To check this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are working, the comodo is responsible for the problem.
- Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Dodge Journey 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 Dodge Journey stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Dodge Journey , the origins of your complications are more or less the same. Nevertheless there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated parts that can trigger complications just on the rear windshield of your Dodge Journey. So, make sure you accomplish the same inspections as seen in the previous part of this content page.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Dodge Journey?
At last, for this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Dodge Journey are unlocked and that they work properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Dodge Journey?
Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will highlight 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 Dodge Journey, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article on this issue.
- In such a case, you will have to find the engine unit, then disconnect the power cables of this one (take care there must be some of them related to 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 Dodge Journey
- In this situation, it will be quite very easy 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.
- Dodge Journey wiper blocked due to a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to find the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty part
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