grrr front wipers not working need fuse help

[RallyRed]

Driving home lastnight in the snow and the front wipers stopped working they were working fine until i tried to squirt the screen.

Now the fronts don't work at all and the fluid wont squirts. but pulling the stalk towards me makes the rear wipers go and squirt.

I went to check the fuses and in their infinite wisdom Skoda don't have a fuse diagram in the users manual.

I've done a search on here and gather there should be a card inside the fusebox lid.

well tytpically there isn't. whats wrong with having it in the book or stuck to the lid?

so any of you kind peeps have a fuse diagram for a 2000 1.416v Elegance.

found old post with links to vrs stu's site but they all dead.

Edited 3 December, 2008 by RallyRed

[OnTheJazz]

the muther in law had this problem on her fabia estste at the weekend,

it was a 10amp fuse in position 15 as on the diagram found here:

Fabia-vrs.com - Fuse Panel Layout

dont know when they started adding the fuse lay-out in the manual, but both her car & mine are 55 plate and both have it.

hope you get it sorted.

Dave

[RallyRed]

cheers dave checking that one too.

Its a 5amp fuse in slot 15 tho on my car tho

oh yeah Dave's the man. my wipers work.

my parking light dooesnt now tho i pinched its fuse.

Edited 3 December, 2008 by RallyRed

[fordfan]

When the Fabia first came out and there was this problem, the advice from Skoda was to replace the blown 5A fuse with a 10A. To avoid this happening in the future you may well need to up the concentration of the screenwash in the washer bottle.

Also go by the fuse numbers adjacent to each fuse as the diagrams in the owners manual depict the fuse box for a left hand drive car and are consequently a mirror image of the fuse box in your car.

Edited 3 December, 2008 by fordfan
Added extra information

[RallyRed]

awesome Fordfan i'll do that.

[Skodaboy1983]

I've had that problem last year and now tend to keep the screen wash topped up on a regular basis over the winter, if if it does not need it I tend to keep topping up on a weekly basis.

Davy

[Mike_Vrs]

the muther in law had this problem on her fabia estste at the weekend,

it was a 10amp fuse in position 15 as on the diagram found here:

Fabia-vrs.com - Fuse Panel Layout

dont know when they started adding the fuse lay-out in the manual, but both her car & mine are 55 plate and both have it.

hope you get it sorted.

Dave

We just experienced this exact problem, and I suspected it was the fuse, just wasn't sure which one and being dark I wasn't going to look now. I am pleasantly surprised to see the solution online (The Internet is truly an amazing place). "Onthejazz" or Dave, thanks for your post. This is so helpful.

Mike

[Decron]

We just experienced this exact problem, and I suspected it was the fuse, just wasn't sure which one and being dark I wasn't going to look now. I am pleasantly surprised to see the solution online (The Internet is truly an amazing place). "Onthejazz" or Dave, thanks for your post. This is so helpful.

Mike

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[daj060454]

This just happened to me as well, you guys have saved me a lot of trouble, grat Forum, thanks again!!:)

[starman77]

Just did a google search and found this site.

I have been trying to find this problem for a few days.

Thank you so much for this Dave. You have saved me so much trouble.

All the Best.

Jim

[devonutopia]

Just did a google search and found this site.

I have been trying to find this problem for a few days.

Thank you so much for this Dave. You have saved me so much trouble.

All the Best.

Jim

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