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

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Why does the wiper of my Opel Vivaro stay stuck?

So we will start our content with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Opel Vivaro . First of all we will concentrate on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.

Why are the front wipers on my Opel Vivaro stuck in up or down position?

We will proceed through one at a time the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Opel Vivaro to get stuck :

  • One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Opel Vivaro is associated with the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, over time, lose power, and sooner or later 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 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 Opel Vivaro may not work due to a faulty 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 opportunity, the front wipers of your Opel Vivaro 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 Opel Vivaro stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Opel Vivaro , the roots of your complications 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 cause complications only on the rear windshield of your Opel Vivaro. So, make sure to accomplish the same checks as seen in the previous part of this content.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Opel Vivaro?

At last, for this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to make sure that the wipers on your Opel Vivaro are unlocked and that they work properly again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Opel Vivaro?

Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will detail them one by one 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 Opel Vivaro, do not think twice to consult our article on this problem.

  • In such a case, you will have to identify the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful there must be several 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 Opel Vivaro
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  • In this situation, it will be quite basic 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.
  • Opel Vivaro wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to identify the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty part

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To get more tips on the Opel Vivaro, take a look at the Opel Vivaro category.