We will try again today to help you to solve the small complications related to your car. We have not too long ago 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 weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Subaru Forester . And to remedy this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Subaru Forester remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Subaru Forester stay stuck?
So we will begin our content page with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Subaru Forester . First of all we will focus on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Subaru Forester stuck in up or down position?
We will go through one at a time the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Subaru Forester to get stuck :
- One of the most general motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Subaru Forester is related to the engine unit that drives them, in reality, these engines can, with 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 general, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of an object that prevents the blades from functioning, take 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 fairly quickly the cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Subaru Forester may not work because of 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 opportunity, the front wipers of your Subaru Forester are blocked because of a power failure, so you will have to verify two auto parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my Subaru Forester stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Subaru Forester , the roots of your problems are more or less the same. Nevertheless there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can cause complications just on the rear windshield of your Subaru Forester. So, make sure you conduct similar investigations as seen in the previous component of this content page.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Subaru Forester?
At last, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to make sure that the wipers on your Subaru Forester are unlocked and that they work properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Subaru Forester?
If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will outline 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 Subaru Forester, do not hesitate to consult 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 cautious there must be some of them related to 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 Subaru Forester
- In this scenario, it will be quite very easy 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.
- Subaru Forester 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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To find more tips on the Subaru Forester, take a look at the Subaru Forester category.
