Hi All.  The screen wash pump on my 2018 Kodiaq has stopped working. It's making no sound whatsoever.   I thought I'd check the fuse as a first step but, having checked various online forums, there doesn't appear to be a fuse for the washer pump.   Has anyone else had this issue? Did you find if any of the fuses is for the washer pump?   Maybe it's shared with the wipers (which still work) so this would indicate the pump has broken.   Any help greatly appriciated.

I finally got around to fixing my screen washers today.  Am posting what I learnt in the process.

1) The screen washer pump on the Kodiaq (unlike other Skoda models) do not have a fuse. So don't waste any time (like I did) looking for one.   Apparently when the pump fails the electrical system simply disables the pump. It does not generate a fault code which is a bit annoying.

2) For me the front and rear washers and the headlight washers had stopped working.  I found it odd that both the screen and headlight washers had both stopped working at the same time, as the headlight washer uses a separate pump to the front/rear screens, so odd that both pumps would have stopped working at the same time.  It turns out that this is just a quirk of the Kodiaq, if one pump stops working, for some reason the car also prevents the other pump from functioning.

3) The front and rear washers share the same pump.  The headlight washer pump is separate.

4) After looking through various other forums, my fix was simply to replace the 'front and rear' washer pump, which I did today. Luckily for me this was the issue and everything it back up and working again, including the headlight washers. The replacement pump I found on Amazon for £13. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006DHY3UC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1.  I probably could have got it cheaper from elsewhere, but ordered from Amazon for ease.  Not an original part but it works fine.

5) Replacing the pump is a bit of a pain due to it's location, but perfectly easy to do if you know one end of a screwdriver from another.  It involves removing the front left wheel and removing the wheel liner to get to the pump.  Probably took me a couple of hours, at a leisurely pace,  to do it in total.   Page 64 of the Skoda Kodiaq Electrical System Workshop guide and page 232 of the General Body Repairs workshop guide (both can easily be found online for free download)  explains all of the steps.  I put an axel stand under the front suspension arm of the car whilst I was working on it as I daren't trust my life to just a scissor jack holding the car up.

6) Windscreen wipers and washers will only function when the bonnet is closed (pretty obvious!).

7) Headlight washers will only function with headlights on and the car is in motion.  Headlight washer will function once, on first pull of the washer stalk, and then again on every 10th pull of the stalk.

 

Thats all!

Thank you Eee.  I'm sure someone will benefit greatly from your experience.  Hopefull not me any time soon. 😁

Thanks for this. My Karoq washers had rodent damage when I purchased the ‘approved’ used car from a Škoda dealer. They have repaired it and collected today and now the windscreen washer is only working when the bonnet is closed. Beforehand it was working when the bonnet was open and spraying all over the engine bay from the rodent damage where there was a leak in the hose. Not sure if it has some sort of sensor to tell it not to work when the bonnet is open. 

Bonnet latch switch.

Thank you Eee2999, great post. I had exactly the same problem and was baffled when I couldn't locate a fuse. I followed your update, ordered the part, took car and part to my mechanic and BINGO! Job done. Total cost of getting it done, £50 including part. The Skoda pump in itself was £90. My car is a 2021 Kodiaq and the link given is perfect (note that Amazon indicates this part is not compatible with this model. My mechanic checked this through and it is absolutely the correct part)

Thank you again

Yep good reference material thanks for this