Problem.......will not turn off.Removed fuse.Any ideas,switch.....motor.....etc? Octavia 1,4 2004

Edited 17 December, 201015 yr by bmkeady

Presuming you're got the correct forum, quite possibly water ingress in loom just ahead of LHR lighting cluster, or to motor.

Problem.......will not turn off.Removed fuse.Any ideas,switch.....motor.....etc? Octavia 1,4 2004

Hello,

I have the same problem on my 1.8T Octy 2004 hatchback. The rear wiper just goes on intermittently. What could bring down the control signal to earth? A faulty switch behind the steering column? Are there any connetions? I already replaced once the rear wiper motor once as it overheated. In order to check the rear wiper switch I would have to remove the steeringwheel, which is cumbersome. Any ideas? The rear wiper switch seems to operate but there is somewhere a short to ground of the control signal, but where?

Could you be more specific what LHR means?

Hello,

It seems that I am not the only one with exactly the same problem on the rear wiper:

The problem occurs more frequently on bumps, cold and wet wheather.

http://w3ww.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=39341

Presuming you're got the correct forum, quite possibly water ingress in loom just ahead of LHR lighting cluster, or to motor.

Ken..........Many thanks,replaced pipe connection.......dried out connectors with hair-dryer......sprayed WD40 over area.Wiper motor returned to normal .All ok so far.

Brendan Keady

Ken..........Many thanks,replaced pipe connection.......dried out connectors with hair-dryer......sprayed WD40 over area.Wiper motor returned to normal .All ok so far.

Brendan Keady

Ken.................only worked for short period.Now its completely erratic will only run if arm is lifted from screen and then erratically.