We will try again today to help you to solve the small complications related to your motor vehicle. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will focus on an annoying problem that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volkswagen Caddy . And to answer this, we will first try to understand why the wipers on your Volkswagen Caddy remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Caddy stay stuck?
So we will begin our content page with the explanations of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Caddy . 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 Volkswagen Caddy stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one at a time the different complications that can cause the front wipers of your Volkswagen Caddy to get stuck :
- One of the most common causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Caddy is related to the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, over time, lose power, and sooner or later 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 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 quickly the cause of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Volkswagen Caddy may not function because of a defective comodo. To test 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 Volkswagen Caddy are blocked because of a power failure, so you will have to check two parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my Volkswagen Caddy stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Caddy , the origins of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is only one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated parts that can cause complications only on the rear windshield of your Volkswagen Caddy. So, make sure to perform similar inspections as seen in the previous component of this content page.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Caddy?
Finally, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to be sure that the wipers on your Volkswagen Caddy are unlocked and that they function effectively again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Caddy?
If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will detail 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 Volkswagen Caddy, do not hesitate to consult our article on this problem.
- In this 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 Volkswagen Caddy
- In this scenario, it will be quite very easy 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.
- Volkswagen Caddy wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to locate the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective component
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