VW Passat 99 TDI - Wiper problem | Technical matters | Back Room Forum

Reviews
Best Cars To Buy
Ask HJ
- See all Ask HJ questions
Real MPG
- Find your Real MPG
- Best MPG Cars for 2025
News
Advice
Help & Tools
Free car valuation
- Get a FREE valuation
- How to sell your car
Cars For Sale
- Used cars for sale
- New cars for sale
Profile
Log out
Log in
New account

Mon 25 Jun 2007 23:04

VW Passat 99 TDI - Wiper problem - L.Cleaver1

Have had a slight problem with both of my wipers stopping for a second, always at the bottom of the windscreen, a quick flick of wiper stalk and hey presto they start working again. Not too fussed until recently when they now seem to be failing on every journey and the time to get them restarted is becoming alarming, it is now something like 15-20 seconds. Has anyone any idea what should be looked at, my thoughts so far are the wiper motor and the wiper stalk, could it be some form of loose connection?

Cheers

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Mon 25 Jun 2007 23:30

VW Passat 99 TDI - Wiper problem - stuartl

Sounds like it maybe the self park device of the wiper motor if its failing at the bottom.

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Tue 26 Jun 2007 14:36

VW Passat 99 TDI - Wiper problem - MerlinTec

Maybe a relay problem, the wiper motor loosing power so going back to park. Is it only on one speed that it stops? I don?t work for VW but VW is in my dealer network so if you need any info post your vin number and I can put it into ELSA (VW service info) and get you what you need, such as a wiring diagram and so on.
Regards,
Merlin

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Tue 26 Jun 2007 17:55

VW Passat 99 TDI - Wiper problem - L.Cleaver1

Happens on any speed, simply goes to the bottom of the windcreen and stays there. Can cycle through the settings on the stalk quickly for anything up to 15-20 seconds then it works again.

Since thread posted car has been hydrauliced in flood water (a very unsporting 4x4 pushing a bow wave over my air intake as I gently crept through the water!) so I'll be getting shot of it as soon as I can, depedning on repair cost/insurance write off.

Reply | Report as offensive | Link

Related questions

Where should a Crit'Air sticker be placed?

Official advice is to place the French Crit'Air sticker on the right side of vehicle windscreen but for most UK cars this will impinge more than 40mm into zone B and won't that therefore be an MoT failure?

Is a chipped windscreen an MoT failure?

My windscreen has a star-shaped stone chip, 2cm diameter, at driver's eye level immediately in front of me. Would this constitute a fail in the MoT, due next week?

Should a crack in the screen be repaired by the dealer before I buy this Alfa Romeo 147 Lusso?

Yesterday I took delivery of a 4-year-old Alfa Romeo 147 Lusso. Before buying the vehicle I pointed out to the salesman that it had a windscreen chip which is eye-level on the driver's side, and when it...

A dealer cracked my windscreen whilst MOTing my car - should they replace the screen?

I took my car to a garage I've been using for many years for a standard MOT. On the whole, I'm happy with the service they provide and have not had any complaints. Today, I went to collect my car and paid...