Long time, no visit! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas.

I'm currently having an issue with the wipers on my M reg Favorit.

On the motorway the other day they became very sluggish, like the blades were sticking to the screen. They eventually jammed upright on the screen. What a nightmare. I had to keep pulling over to try and un-jam them and clear the windscreen.

If they were jammed all the time then I could investigate properly but, it does it sporadically. On the return journey they were fine and worked normally until about halfway into the journey when they jammed again. Grrrr.

We've had the wiper mechanism out of the car and have taken it apart and greased everything up. They haven't jammed again since but the wiping motion of the arms is still sluggish and I'm sure it's just a matter of time.....

Is this a known fault? Is there any way I can check if the motor is failing?

Anything else I can check? I don't really want to start forking out for parts if they're not at fault. And it's highly unpleasant, not to mention dangerous, driving without being able to clear the window.

Ta in advance for any advice.

:)Maybe the motor is siezing.....does it get hot?

Not tried feeling it to be honest. Will have another look tomorrow and try that.

Make sure you don't get your hands caught in the linkage while the wipers are on....I can tell you from experience that it hurts a lot!

Thanks for the tip off. Will be careful not to do that!

PM sent carmac

PM sent carmac

rigsby, it's lovely of you to try and help the guy, but sending the Prime Minister round is a bit OTT in my opinion.

rigsby, it's lovely of you to try and help the guy, but sending the Prime Minister round is a bit OTT in my opinion.

Bet he don't turn up

he has personally assured me that he will go round , after he has spoken to him upstairs to stop it raining

rigsby, it's lovely of you to try and help the guy, but sending the Prime Minister round is a bit OTT in my opinion.

*cough* I wasn't the last time I looked! :P

Steve - replied to your PM. Will shout up if I get stuck. Ta.

*cough* I wasn't the last time I looked! :P

Steve - replied to your PM. Will shout up if I get stuck. Ta.

Whoops...sorry about that!

Mine has a weird problem with the intermittant wipe. Quite often it dont work and you can hear a clicking from the fusebox area. But, leave the fuse box door open and no problem. Weird.

Whoops...sorry about that!

No worries. I'm used to it! :P

Everything worked fine the other day in the torrential rain (thankfully). Not been near the car since so haven't checked if it's still working.

Mine has a weird problem with the intermittant wipe. Quite often it dont work and you can hear a clicking from the fusebox area. But, leave the fuse box door open and no problem. Weird.

I suspect the intermittent relay (the big one) is on it's way out.

Have you considered using a screen wax, and avoiding the problem rather than having to fix it?

I think I might try and change the blades. I think they might be a bit sticky. That combined with the obviously sluggish wiper mechanism is not helping.

Its possible that the brushes are on the way out in the motor. I had this with a type 2 camper.

I think it must just have been a bit dry and seized up. It seems to be working now since everything was greased. Fingers crossed.