We will try again today to help you to fix the small problems related to your car. We have recently discovered how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will concentrate on an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volkswagen Polo 5 . And to remedy this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Volkswagen Polo 5 remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Polo 5 stay stuck?
So we will begin our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Polo 5 . First of all we will concentrate on the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Volkswagen Polo 5 stuck in up or down position?
We will go through one after the other the different problems that can cause the front wipers of your Volkswagen Polo 5 to get stuck :
- One of the most basic causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Polo 5 is related to the engine that drives them, in reality, these engines can, with time, lose power, and eventually need to be changed. You should find out 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 due to 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 discover 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 Volkswagen Polo 5 may not function due to 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 Polo 5 are blocked due to 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 Polo 5 stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Polo 5 , the roots of your problems are more or less the same. Although there is just one wiper blade at the rear of your car, there are still some dedicated auto parts that can cause problems just on the rear windshield of your Volkswagen Polo 5. So, remember to perform similar checks as discovered in the previous part of this content.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Polo 5?
At last, for this second section, we will see what solutions are available to you to ensure that the wipers on your Volkswagen Polo 5 are unlocked and that they function effectively again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Polo 5?
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 Polo 5, do not hesitate to seek advice from our article on this issue.
- In this case, you will have to locate the engine, then disconnect the power cables of this one (be careful there must be several 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 Volkswagen Polo 5
- In this situation, it will be quite simple but expensive to replace your commodo, the part 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 Polo 5 wiper blocked because of a power failure: In this last situation, you will have to locate the origin of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective part
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