We will try again today to help you to fix the small complications related to your motor vehicle. We have not too long ago discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Kia Soul . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Kia Soul remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Kia Soul stay stuck?
So we will begin our article with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Kia Soul . 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 Soul stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one after the other the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Kia Soul to get stuck :
- One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Kia Soul is related to 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 common, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked due to an object that prevents the blades from working, have a look up to the axis of the blades.
- If it is a lack of lubrication, you will locate that your front wipers are going slower, verify fairly quickly the trigger of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Kia Soul may not function 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 possibility, the front wipers of your Kia Soul are blocked due to a power failure, so you will have to verify two parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my Kia Soul stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Kia Soul , the origins of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated parts that can cause complications just on the rear windshield of your Kia Soul. So, make sure to accomplish the same checks as discovered in the previous component of this article.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Kia Soul?
Finally, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Kia Soul are unlocked and that they function properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Kia Soul?
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 Kia Soul, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this problem.
- In such a case, you will have to identify the engine, 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. Finally, you will have to unscrew these anchoring points which are generally fixed on silentblocks and reassemble a new wiper motor on your Kia Soul
- In this scenario, it will be quite basic but expensive to change your commodo, the component 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.
- Kia Soul wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to identify the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty component
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