We will try again today to help you to solve the small problems related to your car. We have recently discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Toyota Highlander . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Toyota Highlander remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Toyota Highlander stay stuck?
So we will start our article with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Toyota Highlander . First of all we will look into the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Toyota Highlander stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one by one the different problems that can cause the front wipers of your Toyota Highlander to get stuck :
- One of the most common motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Toyota Highlander is related to the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, over time, lose power, and eventually 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, 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, 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 Toyota Highlander may not operate because of a faulty comodo. To evaluate 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 Toyota Highlander are blocked because of 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 Toyota Highlander stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Toyota Highlander , the roots of your problems are more or less the same. Although there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can cause problems only on the rear windshield of your Toyota Highlander. So, make sure you conduct similar inspections as discovered in the previous component of this article.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Toyota Highlander?
Finally, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Toyota Highlander are unlocked and that they operate effectively again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Toyota Highlander?
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 component, it is up to you to adapt them to the component that concerns you. If you have other blocking problems such as a fuel door stuck on Toyota Highlander, do not hesitate to consult our article on this issue.
- In such a case, you will have to locate 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 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 Toyota Highlander
- In this situation, it will be quite very easy but expensive to change your commodo, the component 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.
- Toyota Highlander wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to locate the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty component
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If you wish more tutorials on the Toyota Highlander, go to our Toyota Highlander category.
