We will try again today to help you to resolve the small complications associated with your motor vehicle. We have recently discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will concentrate on an irritating issue that can be dangerous in bad climate conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volkswagen Golf 4 . And to remedy this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Volkswagen Golf 4 remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.

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Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Golf 4 stay stuck?

So we will start our article with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 4 . To begin with we will concentrate on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.

Why are the front wipers on my Volkswagen Golf 4 stuck in up or down position?

We will go through one by one the different complications that can bring about the front wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 4 to get stuck :

  • One of the most basic motives of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Golf 4 is associated with the engine that drives them, in fact, 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 basic, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked as a result 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 locate that your front wipers are going slower, verify quickly the trigger of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
  • It is possible that the front wipers of your Volkswagen Golf 4 may not work as a result of a defective 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 Volkswagen Golf 4 are blocked as a result 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 Volkswagen Golf 4 stuck?

Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Golf 4 , the roots of your complications are more or less the same. Although there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your motor vehicle, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can bring about complications just on the rear windshield of your Volkswagen Golf 4. So, make sure to accomplish the same investigations as discovered in the previous part of this article.

What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Golf 4?

Finally, for this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Volkswagen Golf 4 are unlocked and that they work effectively again.

How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Golf 4?

Whether it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be the same and we will outline 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 Volkswagen Golf 4, do not think twice to seek advice from our article on this issue.

  • In such a case, you will have to identify the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (take care there must be some of them associated with the different speeds of sweeping), then take out 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 Golf 4
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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.
  • Volkswagen Golf 4 wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to identify the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective part

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If you need more guides on the Volkswagen Golf 4, go to our Volkswagen Golf 4 category.