We will try again today to help you to solve the small complications related to your car. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will focus on an irritating problem that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Mercedes Benz Sprinter . And to answer this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Mercedes Benz Sprinter remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Mercedes Benz Sprinter stay stuck?

So we will start our article with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter . 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter stuck in up or down position?

We will go through one by one the different complications that can trigger the front wipers of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter to get stuck :

  • One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Mercedes Benz Sprinter is related to the engine unit that drives them, in reality, 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 common, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of an object that prevents the blades from working, 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, verify fairly quickly the cause of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter may not work because of 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 to blame for the problem.
  • Finally, last opportunity, the front wipers of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Mercedes Benz Sprinter , 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter. So, make sure you conduct similar checks as seen in the previous component of this article.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Mercedes Benz Sprinter?

Finally, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Mercedes Benz Sprinter are unlocked and that they work effectively again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Mercedes Benz Sprinter?

Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will detail them one after the other 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter, do not hesitate 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 (take care there must be several of them related to 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 Mercedes Benz Sprinter
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  • In this scenario, it will be quite basic but expensive to replace 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.
  • Mercedes Benz Sprinter wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to find the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty component

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If you have any additional questions about the Mercedes Benz Sprinter, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz Sprinter category.