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rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:24 pm
by ditts
The rear wiper on my wagon is not returning to the correct position when turned off or on the intermittent setting. It stops at random spots. The only way to get it to stop in the correct spot is to run the wiper and try to turn it of at the exact point when the wiper is in the right spot. Any thoughts? :?
Its not the motor getting lazy and the blade arm is secured tight to the threaded mount

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:23 pm
by cruisn
I hate rear wipers....

Remove FTW!

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:26 pm
by rooby
I'm a fan of the rear wiper.
It's one of the thing at annoys me about moving to a sedan.

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:50 pm
by cruisn
My previous Commonwhore.....

before....

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after....

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No photoshop. Wiper removed and hole welded, tailgate resprayed.

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:00 am
by Dropz
looks clean without but they are useful at times :D

It sounds to me like a wire in the tailgate - common problem for gen4 wagons. They break where they feed from the body to the tailgate, check the wires on both sides, they are in rubber grommets. remove the grommet at each end and gently pull on the wires until you find a broken one, or check continuity at each end of the grommet/ check for power source/ ground for each wire.

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:06 pm
by ditts
Dropz wrote:looks clean without but they are useful at times :D

It sounds to me like a wire in the tailgate - common problem for gen4 wagons. They break where they feed from the body to the tailgate, check the wires on both sides, they are in rubber grommets. remove the grommet at each end and gently pull on the wires until you find a broken one, or check continuity at each end of the grommet/ check for power source/ ground for each wire.

cheers dropz i pull the fluke out tomoz and have a poke around :D

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:05 pm
by ditts
You picked it dropz broken blue/white wire inside right hand rubber boot
all sorted now :D

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:22 am
by Dropz
Good to hear :D

Re: rear wiper dramas

PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:44 pm
by specky_B
Had the same problem, Blue and white was broken, green with yellow dots broken and a black earth wire was starting to.
Rear right brake globe kept blowing latley too, may be the earth wire contributing to that.