Superb wipers not working HELP

[steve180387]

Can anyone help, having problems with my wipers. girlfriend called to say they were going mental and wouldnt turn off, she pulled the fuse and replaced it and they were fine. we now have nothing apart from washer jets. had the AA out and they diagnosed it as a dodgy wiper stalk, ive replaced this amd the wipers worked for 30 seconds and stopped again. im back to just washer jets working again. ive checked and bypassed the bonnet sensor which did nothing, ive also checked the power going to the motor but only connection no.4 has power which is constant. please help im starting to loose faith. thanks in advance. Steve

[langers2k]

Probably worth getting some diagnostic equipment like VCDS on the case rather than guessing what the fault is...

 

Where are you based? A local member might be able to take a look for you.

[steve180387]

Im based in Crewe, Cheshire. trying to get it sorted but dont have vast amounts of money to get it done.

[silver1011]

That's why you need to plug the car in and read any logged fault codes. Until then you'll potentially be throwing good money after bad.

 

Check here to see if there is anyone close to you with VCDS...

 

 

[steve180387]

I’ve sorted it now, was a cable in the wiring harness that had rubbed on the battery tray. Thanks for all the help. 

[superbdreams]

was it shorting or broken?

[steve180387]

It had rubbed that much it had split the cable 

[silver1011]

Don't suppose you grabbed a picture?

 

Would be good to identify where in the loom the weaknesses is, I could then check mine.

 

Bit of preventative maintenance!

[tuningmania]

To "steve180387" - Pease, make one photo of the right place of problem, however you fix it, just for future use of everybody here. Thanks

[steve180387]

It’s a bit difficult now I have put everything back together. If you remove the battery you will see two lots of cables/harness running between the top right corner of the battery tray and the bulkhead. It was the right hand one that had been rubbing and had split the cable, you could see where it had shorted on the tray due to a grey discolouration next to the cables. 

[Zundap]

Hey that's a coincidence. 

I had exactly the same symptoms a year ago and the fault was a chafed wire behind the battery box. 

Seems like an area worth taking a look at. 

[steve180387]

Worth checking if you own a superb. I had a similar problem with the drivers window panel, chafed cable in the rubber part between the door and door pillar