We will try again today to help you to remedy the small problems associated with your motor vehicle. We have recently seen how to unblock a fuel door, or a tank cap, today we will look into an annoying issue that can be dangerous in bad weather conditions, being a victim of wiper stuck on Volvo V50 . And to remedy this, we will first try to figure out why the wipers on your Volvo V50 remain stuck and, secondly, how to unblock them.
Why does the wiper of my Volvo V50 stay stuck?
So we will begin our content with the reasons of the stuck wipers of your Volvo V50 . To begin with we will look into the front wipers and in a second time on the rear wiper.
Why are the front wipers on my Volvo V50 stuck in up or down position?
We will go through one after the other the different problems that can trigger the front wipers of your Volvo V50 to get stuck :
- One of the most general causes of front wipers getting stuck on your Volvo V50 is associated with the engine that drives them, in fact, these engines can, over 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 general, 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 find that your front wipers are going slower, check fairly quickly the trigger of the problems or else the engines will be forced and damaged.
- It is possible that the front wipers of your Volvo V50 may not work due to a faulty comodo. To evaluate 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 Volvo V50 are blocked due to a power failure, so you will have to check two auto parts, the relay and the fuse.
Why is the rear window wiper on my Volvo V50 stuck?
Concerning the stuck rear window wiper of your Volvo V50 , the origins of your problems 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 trigger problems just on the rear windshield of your Volvo V50. So, make sure to conduct the same investigations as seen in the previous component of this content.
What can I do to unlock the wiper on my Volvo V50?
At last, to do this second part, we will see what solutions are available to you to make certain that the wipers on your Volvo V50 are unlocked and that they work properly again.
How to unlock the wipers of my Volvo V50?
If 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 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 Volvo V50, do not hesitate to consult 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 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 Volvo V50
- 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.
- Volvo V50 wiper blocked due to a power failure: In this last scenario, you will have to identify the source of the failure (fuse or relay) and replace the faulty component
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