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I am not sure about this, but on my car, the alternator fuse in the "battery cover" was almost burned through, and I got a lot of similar issues. During operation, a lot of the electronic systems would start failing one by one and the MIL would turn on. the next day it would be fine. This went on until one day i lost all electronic systems (ESP, ABS, power steering, radio, AC, ...) while driving to work one day. The fix was like 7£ for the fuse, but the battery cover was damaged by the heat, so we had to move the fuse to an unused fuse position.

I think there's a chance it really was the bi-metal thermal trip. I picked it all apart a few days ago, brushed off some rust and checked that the assembly was moving freely. I could not find any problems with the linkage itself, and put it all back together. What I did notice when picking it apart, was that the driver side mounting spike for the wiper arm was touching the edge of its hole in the plastic trim. I think my workshop may have put the trim on a bit out of position the last time they had it open. I clicked the trim back in in a better position. I had recently switched wiper blades to an off-brand, and maybe the combined resistance from the trim and the new blades was enough to trip the overheating protection in the motor. I have not been driving the car over Christmas, so I a not sure about this, but will report back. Thanks for all replies here, you provided some excellent information! If the fault returns, I will be sure to check the pins as suggested above Wish everyone a happy Christmas still!

was mean to say "trip again". Was on mobile and I think I am not allowed to edit my posts yet. Sorry about that

You are providing priceless info! Thanks a lot! I actually think this might be the solution. It does seem to reset, also during driving although usually I have probably not waited long enough for it to have prolonged function and would just trio again

I am sure the failure will happen again any day now since it's been raining, so I will try connecting the wires then (of course with keys out). If I understand correctly, this connection will be live immediately even if the ignition and keys are off and out since pin 3 seems to go straight to fuse 44 and pin 4 goes through the wiper motor and ends up at "earth connection 6 at the main wiring harness" according to the wiring schematics. Might even be an idea to pull fuse 44 before unplugging and using it as a switch?

All tips appreciated. I did measure continuity on fuse 44, and could not spot a blown fuse. Will change it just in case as you say, mrgf. I was worried about the same thing. @wino, just to make sure I haven't made myself unclear in the first post; the wipers will turn on and stay on for at least 10 minutes when I move the stalk after starting the car now. I am just worried it will fail after a random time running again since it has now done exactly that twice. I am quite sure the motor would turn on when given 12V directly. I'd still test it though, if you think it makes sense, but in my mind this would be more interesting at a moment when I have managed to provoke the failure again? I had looked at that post, but it was in the mk1 section and was not sure the same wiper motor/supply unit solution was used in the mk2. I am no master solderer but know my way around, so I'd definitely try this if I could find a way to properly identify the failure.

Hi! This is my first technical question on this forum. I posted my introduction here a couple of weeks ago. My car is a 2007 Fabia Mk2 1.6 BTS Petrol, and i am having a few hiccups here and there on my car at the moment. The most pressing one right now is a problem that the front windscreen wipers suddenly stop during the sweep in the middle of the windscreen and will no longer react to the stalk being moved. Some times if I wait a few minutes, I can get a 1 second response from the stalk to bring the wipers back down to initial position, but not long enough for a full sweep. Mostly the wipers don't react at all to the stalk being moved to any position after they've stopped. This has happened twice now, and both times, the next time i have started the car the problem has been gone. Needless to say, this is an absolute no-go when it rains properly. I am suspecting one of 5 possible causes for this: Loose or corroded contact somewhere A fuse about to burn out The stalk going bad The wiper mechanism is getting hard to turn causing some part to trigger an overload protection (other than the fuse) An electrical component on some circuit board going bad Anyone else had similar issues or a suggestion on where I'd be most likely to find the root cause of this? I did check the fuses that looked to me like candidates from the manual (if I remember correctly number 40 and 44) and they were fine.

Hello! I am a newcomer here who has been searching for answers on this forum for a few years, but registered my user a couple of weeks ago. I am Norwegian, so a lot of things from here is mirrored on my car, but this forum has been a nice resource for me. I own an orange 2007 Fabia Mk2 1.6 BTS Petrol which is close to 185k miles / 300k km. The car was rebuilt by it's first owner to run on LPG gas and now has a dual fuel system which automatically picks LPG when the engine coolant system is warm enough. Given the age and mileage on this car, I am planning on giving it only cheap repairs and try to do as much as possible myself. Surely I'll learn something in the process. I have recently acquired a Haynes Workshop Manual, and hope this will help me in my efforts. The car recently passed our equivalent of the MOT and is therefore legal to drive for two more years. The car has been good to me since 2012, and I have been a happy owner most of the time. I have done some small things myself on the car until now, like changing rear wiper motor and driver side electronic door lock. The key no longer fits all the way into the mechanical lock cylinder because it has never been used, so I have ordered a new original one that i hope to install as soon as possible. I recently had a blown alternator fuse, and since then, i am experiencing quite a few issues that i believe to be linked to the electrical system. Just saying hello. You'll likely be hearing from me, please forgive my guaranteed amateur questions beforehand.