We will try again in this article to help you to solve the small complications associated with your car. We have not too long ago seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, in this article we will focus on an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Ford Ranger . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Ford Ranger remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Ford Ranger stay stuck?
So we will start our article with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Ford Ranger . To begin with we will focus on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Ford Ranger stuck in up or down position?
We will go through one after the other the different complications that can trigger the front wipers of your Ford Ranger to get stuck :
- One of the most common causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Ford Ranger is associated with the engine unit 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 common, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of an object that prevents the blades from functioning, have a look 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 trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Ford Ranger may not work because of a defective comodo. To check this, you need to disconnect the output wires and connect them together, if the wipers are functioning, the comodo is responsible for the problem.
- Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Ford Ranger 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 Ford Ranger stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Ford Ranger , the roots of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated parts that can trigger complications just on the rear windshield of your Ford Ranger. So, make sure to execute similar checks as seen in the previous part of this article.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Ford Ranger?
At last, for this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Ford Ranger are unlocked and that they work properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Ford Ranger?
Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will outline 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 Ford Ranger, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this problem.
- In such a case, you will have to find the engine unit, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful there must be some 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 Ford Ranger
- In this situation, it will be quite simple but expensive to change your commodo, the part 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.
- Ford Ranger wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to find the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective part
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