We will try again today to help you to solve the small complications associated with your car. We have recently discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Dodge Nitro . And to answer this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Dodge Nitro remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Dodge Nitro stay stuck?

So we will start our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Dodge Nitro . 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 Dodge Nitro stuck in up or down position?

We will go through one by one the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Dodge Nitro to get stuck :

  • One of the most basic causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Dodge Nitro is associated with the engine that drives them, in reality, 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 functioning, 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, check quickly the trigger of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Dodge Nitro 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 possibility, the front wipers of your Dodge Nitro are blocked due to a power failure, so you will have to check two auto parts, the relay and the fuse.

Why is the rear window wiper on my Dodge Nitro stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Dodge Nitro , the roots of your problems are more or less the same. Nevertheless there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can cause complications only on the rear windshield of your Dodge Nitro. So, remember to carry out the same checks as discovered in the previous component of this content.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Dodge Nitro?

Finally, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Dodge Nitro are unlocked and that they work effectively again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Dodge Nitro?

If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will highlight 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 Dodge Nitro, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article on this issue.

  • In such a case, you will have to find 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. Finally, you will have to unscrew these anchoring points which are generally fixed on silentblocks and reassemble a new wiper motor on your Dodge Nitro
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  • In this situation, it will be quite basic 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.
  • Dodge Nitro wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to find the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective component

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