We will try again today to help you to fix the small problems associated with your car. We have recently seen 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 Up! . And to remedy this, we will first try to discover why the wipers on your Volkswagen Up! remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Volkswagen Up! stay stuck?
So we will begin our content page with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Volkswagen Up! . 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 Up! stuck in up or down position?
We will move through one by one the different problems that can cause the front wipers of your Volkswagen Up! to get stuck :
- One of the most general causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volkswagen Up! is associated with the engine unit that drives them, in reality, 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 general, but it can still happen, is that your front wiper blades are blocked because of an object that prevents the blades from functioning, 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, 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 Up! may not work because of a defective comodo. To check 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 possibility, the front wipers of your Volkswagen Up! are blocked because 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 Up! stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volkswagen Up! , the roots of your complications are more or less the same. Nevertheless 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 Up!. So, make sure you perform the same inspections as seen in the previous component of this content page.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volkswagen Up!?
At last, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Volkswagen Up! are unlocked and that they work properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Volkswagen Up!?
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 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 Volkswagen Up!, do not think twice to consult our article on this issue.
- In this case, you will have to identify the engine unit, then disconnect the power cables of this one (take care there must be several of them associated with the different speeds of sweeping), then remove 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 Up!
- 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 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 Up! wiper blocked caused by a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to identify the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the defective component
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