Wipers won’t turn off

25 minutes ago, Tedwood said:

Wipers won’t turn off

 

It sounds like you need a new wiper switch.

 

If electricity isn't being sent to the wiper motor, it wouldn't work.

 

You could pull the fuse, but then you wouldn't be able to turn it on.

As my wife's car is also a 2015 have a look at a guide I put up and see if  it might apply to your issue. -

 

Windscreen wipers don't turn off / come on by themselves (Fabia Mk3) -

 

Edited 19 May, 20233 yr by nta16

From tedwood wiper stalk is a sealed unit so put problem to my Skoda dealer  diagnosis £100.  + £100 to fit new stalk + £142 for new stalk = about £342. All working now.  Re my Skoda Fabia 111 2015/16 model 38000 miles includes 2 years warranty for new stalk I am happy with result. Collecting car tomorrow.

That was good and easy money for that Skoda dealership!

 

When my wife had a MK3 Ford Fiesta, it started "doing this crazy thing", when she switched the lights on, the front side and headlights worked okay - but the rear marker lights didn't, luckily a following motorist alerted her to this. This started happening about a month out of new car warranty, when I went to order in a new switch assembly, I complained to the dealer we bought it from, their "warranty officer" rejected my claim for financial help, but being me, I kept the failed wiper/lights switch combo with the sales receipt in its box with the original switch, in my garage.  Just over a year later same thing happened again, I quickly bought another new switch and fitted it, but this time I wrote a recorded delivery letter to Ford UK and I included a copy of both sales receipts and pictures of the manufacturer date etc coding on both boxes. I snidely, maybe, "informed" them what many people considered F O R D stood for, two versions, Within a month they sent me out a "we are sorry" letter and a cheque covering the cost of both switch assemblies, that worked for me and the second replacement switch stayed working until we moved that car on many years latter.

 

My point being, buyer/owners/users, should not really have to suffer "much cheapness" from their car maker - always worth fighting it, a bit, it is probably easier to buy off some moaners than suffer the fallout as people do tend to tell their friends all the bad news about their cars, ie share the pain!

 

I'd think that in the case of the VW Group of marques, quite a bit of money is being invested into driving the cost of parts down beyond the point where it is not possible for the parts suppliers to provide parts of a quality and durability that matches their factory supply price or their retail price, but they need that business from VW Group so supply some less than acceptable bits. This must be, for VW Group, a very good plan and result as they normally do not recognise when quality/durability becomes an issue for their customers, ie there does not seem to be a VW Group word for "recall" and "repair FOC", quite a brilliant plan eh?

 

Edit:- actually @Tedwood, you sound like you are an ideal customer for a dealership to have, lots of us are slightly different or troublesome, or just demanding fair play when paying good money.

Edited 2 June, 20233 yr by rum4mo

If Tedwood is happy then that is fine and good for him as the car is 8 years old some parts can be expected to go faulty on a 2015 car from the likes of VW, that's just how it is, it's not an old(?) Toyota or Honda or even an old VW.

 

Car manufacturers make a lot of money with replacement parts so you can see the incentive to have the parts last beyond manufacturer's warranty but how much after is a different matter.

 

On my wife's 2015 Mk3 and the one featured in the video to me it seemed the grease used had become too thin, or perhaps too much was applied at manufacture of the part, for whatever reason the part seemed, to me, to be not built correctly with the grease used or applied.

 

Often heard the jokes about Lucas electrical parts but I know of original parts still functioning on cars from 50, 60, 70+ years later.

 

The stalk is still working on my wife's 2015 Mk3 after my 'repair' nearly two years, well so far. 😄

 

The problem is when your 80 years old it is not worth the stress of complaining and fighting as it could make you I’ll when I was young I would probably done the job myself as I never used a garage when I was young and able to do any job on a car .cars are so complicated now have a nice day from tedwood