Out of sorts wipers....HELP

[Maranman]

Hi all,

My wife has been driving my 1.9TDi Elegance 2003 (she is only allowed because I have a broken leg and am on crutches!)

She came in tonight and told me that the OS wiper parked itself on the OS door mirror!

When I checked, the motor worked but the wiper stayed put or parked itself where it wanted - no good for safe driving as the wiper won't clear the screen and just flops about.....

I am a lovestruck newbie when it comes to Skoda's (having been a long time Pug owner) and I need to know what to do next ASAP?

Can I just buy and fit a new arm? I am assuming that the spindle is splined and that the inside of the arm has just worn away!???

Your advice is appreciated.

Cheers, Graeme

btw, I forgot to add that we need the car to be fixed by Thursday as we are using it to get to Gatwick to go on our 1st holiday for 10 (yes TEN!) years, and me with crutches and cast....Sob

Edited 17 August, 2008 by Maranman
Forgot to add....

[cheezemonkhai]

Three options cause common wiper issues:

- Wiper relay (don't think this is it)

- Wiper linkage (These seize so worth doing at the same time)

- Wiper motor (The bit of this that controls the park goes wrong)

HTH

[Hairy Chris]

Could be that the arm has just come loose and just needs tightening.

hope you enjoy your well deserved holiday.

[mbames]

If the nearside wiper is working fine, then I would suggest that maybe the OS one was just loose on the spline...

[cjb]

If the nearside wiper is working fine, then I would suggest that maybe the OS one was just loose on the spline...

By the sound of it, unless the mechanism is bust. It's usually the reverse: the arms corrode onto the splines.

[cheezemonkhai]

The mechanism has plastic clips in it that can just break off if the linkage starts to sieze up. I had this happen under warranty.

Suggest getting this looked at, by getting under the scuttle panel. (A search on here should reveal how)

[mbames]

iirc there were no plastic clips on my 2001 wiper linkage. However either a bust mechanism, or wiper not to attached to spline.

[cheezemonkhai]

iirc there were no plastic clips on my 2001 wiper linkage. However either a bust mechanism, or wiper not to attached to spline.

Mine was a 2003 and had a couple of plastic bits and some circlips in it, so I guess you may or may not have these.