We will try again today to help you to resolve the small complications associated with your car. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an irritating issue that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Fiat 500 L . And to answer this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Fiat 500 L remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Fiat 500 L stay stuck?

So we will begin our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Fiat 500 L . 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 Fiat 500 L stuck in up or down position?

We will go through one by one the different complications that can trigger the front wipers of your Fiat 500 L to get stuck :

  • One of the most general motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Fiat 500 L is associated with 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 general, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked as a result of 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 cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Fiat 500 L may not work as a result of 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 Fiat 500 L are blocked as a result of 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 Fiat 500 L stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Fiat 500 L , 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 trigger complications only on the rear windshield of your Fiat 500 L. So, make sure to execute similar inspections as seen in the previous component of this content.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Fiat 500 L?

At last, for this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Fiat 500 L are unlocked and that they work properly again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Fiat 500 L?

If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will outline 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 Fiat 500 L, do not hesitate to consult 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 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 Fiat 500 L
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite simple but expensive to change 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.
  • Fiat 500 L wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to find the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective component

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If you want more tutorials on the Fiat 500 L, go to our Fiat 500 L category.