Rear wiper stopped working

[SusanS]

Hi

I have a two month old Octavia hatchback and the rear wiper stopped working today. The wash fluid comes out but the wiper seems stuck/jammed. Is there a simple solution or is a trip to the dealer required?

Thanks for any help.

[Mereside]

Hi Susan,

Have you tried opening and closing the boot lid, I am thinking that the contacts for the wiper may be dirty or have something on one of them. Other than that it may be a case of a fuse going but i do not know if the washer is on the same fuse.

[dstev2000]

For your reference the rear wiper will not work while the boot is open or ajar. Check this first. After that have a look at the fuse and then off to the dealer i'm afraid.

[Ants]

For your reference the rear wiper will not work while the boot is open or ajar. Check this first. After that have a look at the fuse and then off to the dealer i'm afraid.

the washer would not work either if the boot was open. I suspect it will require a new motor.

[GAFF]

AFAIK its fairly common for them to break. One of the lads got his replaced the other day, it lasted 4 wipes then gave up the ghost. I think thats 3 or 4 new motors he's had now

[harveys]

Join the every growing club...seems to be one of the popular faults...read my posts of the last few weeks...I've had my car for 3 months & it's spent several days at the dealers, as amongst other things they tried to first fix a leak around the motor & then the motor when it packed in !

Hope you are happier with your car, than I am with mine...might be the shortest ever time I keep one...hope they don't break anything else when you put it in for the motor !

As the others have said...it's under warranty so take it back & ask them to fix it.

[YMe]

Mine's stopped working too.

Warranty trip to the dealer's on Tuesday for a replacement wiper motor while I wait