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64 plate VW Passat - windscreen washers not working

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Guys,

 

Strange one - a colleague's car has developed a weird fault. It's a 64 plate B7 Passat 177 CR TDI with 77,000 miles.

 

The windscreen washers have given up, but the headlight washers work (it has xenons), and when the windscreen wash is activated, the rear wiper activates! The rear washer does not work, however.

 

I'm no tech or auto electrician, but here's what we've checked so far:

 

All fuses in end of dashboard

Relay

Replaced stalk with brand new one - no change

Replaced pump with new one - no change

 

A scan by a local garage with VCDS showed this:

 

00897 - Windshield Washer Pump (V5) 
            012 - Electrical Fault in Circuit
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 01101100
                    Fault Priority: 3
                    Fault Frequency: 2
                    Reset counter: 226
                    Mileage: 122524 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2018.02.07
                    Time: 07:31:24

             Freeze Frame:
                        Term 15 On
                    Voltage: 14.35 V
                        ON
                        ON
                        ON
                        OFF
                        ON

00897 - Windshield Washer Pump (V5) 
            011 - Open Circuit
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 01101011
                    Fault Priority: 3
                    Fault Frequency: 3
                    Reset counter: 237
                    Mileage: 122540 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2018.02.07
                    Time: 07:46:09

             Freeze Frame:
                        Term 15 On
                    Voltage: 14.60 V
                        ON
                        ON
                        ON
                        OFF
                        OFF

00924 - Relay for Headlamp Cleaning System (J39) 
            009 - Open or Short to Ground - Intermittent
             Freeze Frame:
                    Fault Status: 00101001
                    Fault Priority: 4
                    Fault Frequency: 1
                    Reset counter: 22
                    Mileage: 125246 km
                    Time Indication: 0
                    Date: 2018.03.09
                    Time: 13:54:22

             Freeze Frame:
                        Term 15 Off
                    Voltage: 12.50 V
                        OFF
                        ON
                        OFF
                        OFF
                        OFF

 

Am I missing something? Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

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