We will try again in this article to help you to fix the small problems related to your motor vehicle. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, in this article we will look into an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volkswagen Passat . And to answer this, we will first try to discover why the wipers on your Volkswagen Passat remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Passat stay stuck?
So we will start our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Passat . 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 Volkswagen Passat stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one at a time the different problems that can trigger the front wipers of your Volkswagen Passat to get stuck :
- One of the most general causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Passat is related to the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, with 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 general, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of 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 locate that your front wipers are going slower, verify fairly quickly the cause of the trouble or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Volkswagen Passat may not function because of a defective 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 Volkswagen Passat are blocked because of a power failure, so you will have to verify two parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my Volkswagen Passat stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Passat , 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 parts that can trigger problems just on the rear windshield of your Volkswagen Passat . So, make sure to accomplish similar inspections as seen in the previous part of this content.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Passat ?
Finally, to do this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Volkswagen Passat are unlocked and that they function effectively again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Passat ?
If it is for the front windshield wipers or the rear windshield wiper, the solutions will be similar and we will highlight 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 problems such as a fuel door stuck on Volkswagen Passat , do not hesitate to seek advice from our article on this issue.
- In such a case, you will have to locate the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful 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 Passat
- In this situation, it will be quite very easy 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 Passat 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 defective part
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