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Wipers stopped working

  • 13-03-2015 1:41pm
    #1
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭


    Folks I need advice. I went out this morning and it was frosty I went to use the wipers and they went up and stopped and are not working, could I have blown the motor? Or would it be a blown fuse? What would be the cheapest way for me to get this sorted? Thanks


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  • #2
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Can you hear the wiper motor running?


  • #3
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    Can you hear the wiper motor running?

    yes?


  • #4
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    It could well be the fuse - my yoke used to pop the washer-fluid motor fuse regularly until I switched to antifreeze stuff. For the sake of about tenpence, change it first.


  • #5
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    jimgoose wrote: »
    It could well be the fuse - my yoke used to pop the washer-fluid motor fuse regularly until I switched to antifreeze stuff. For the sake of about tenpence, change it first.

    thanks Jim, where would i be able to get this done?


  • #6
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    jezzer wrote: »
    thanks Jim, where would i be able to get this done?

    Your driveway, in about ten seconds?? What sort of car is it?


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  • #7
    Marlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Marlay


    If you can hear the motor, but the wipers don't move, it could be a problem with the linkage. If the wipers were frozen to the screen there could have been extra stress on the joints.


  • #8
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Marlay wrote: »
    If you can hear the motor, but the wipers don't move, it could be a problem with the linkage. If the wipers were frozen to the screen there could have been extra stress on the joints.

    ...plus, if the motor is running it isn't the fuse. Sorry, I missed that bit.


  • #9
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    Marlay wrote: »
    If you can hear the motor, but the wipers don't move, it could be a problem with the linkage. If the wipers were frozen to the screen there could have been extra stress on the joints.

    yes thats it, so would the best thing just be to get a new motor? its a 04 renault megane


  • #10
    Marlay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Marlay


    jezzer wrote: »
    yes thats it, so would the best thing just be to get a new motor? its a 04 renault megane

    If the wiper motor is running, then there is probably no point in replacing the motor. It could be just that the linkage needs to be re-attached to the motor. A worn joint can pop out, meaning the motor will run, but the wipers won't move. A Megane Haynes manual should be able to tell you how to access the linkage. Normally involves removing plastic trim from behind the wiper arms at the base of the windshield.


  • #11
    jezzer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭jezzer


    thanks guys for the help


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