We will try again in this article to help you to fix the small complications associated with your motor vehicle. We have not too long ago discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, in this article we will look into an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Kia Optima . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Kia Optima remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Kia Optima stay stuck?
So we will start our article with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Kia Optima . 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 Kia Optima stuck in up or down position?
We will proceed through one after the other the different complications that can bring about the front wipers of your Kia Optima to get stuck :
- One of the most general motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Kia Optima is associated with the engine unit that drives them, in fact, these engines can, with time, lose power, and ultimately need to be changed. You should notice 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 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 discover that your front wipers are going slower, check fairly quickly the trigger of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Kia Optima may not function due to a faulty comodo. To evaluate 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 Kia Optima 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 Kia Optima stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Kia Optima , the roots of your problems are more or less the same. Although there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can bring about complications only on the rear windshield of your Kia Optima. So, make sure you perform similar investigations as discovered in the previous part of this article.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Kia Optima?
At last, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Kia Optima are unlocked and that they function properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Kia Optima?
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 Kia Optima, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this problem.
- In this 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 Kia Optima
- 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.
- Kia Optima wiper blocked due to a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to find the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty part
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