hello all. my mkv wipers stopped working, and its really scary driving in heavy rain. ...
Invest in a bottle of
RainX or equivalent until you get them fixed.
If applied properly, you can drive without wipers in anything from
light mist to torrential downpours and it will keep vision acceptable :wink:
...vag-com shows no error, i changed the motor but didnt fix it.
i then realized i couldnt hear the relay clicking. anyone has any idea which one the relay is??
i know they are all located under the steering wheel column, but dont know which one is exactly.
Any chance your hood switch is not working properly? (The Brits would call the hood a bonnet I guess).
There is a safety that disables the wipers if the hood is reporting as open.
Did not see a relay for wipers in the Bentley wiring diagram for the wiper circuits :iono:
Just did a quick test with my car, engine off - key on,
and there is no obvious relay clicking sound when activating the wipers.
The washer relays are clearly audible.
There are relays shown for the washer pumps and those relays
are on the side of Vehicle Electrical System Controller J519.
Seems the wiper motor receives control data from the Vehicle Electrical System Controller J519,
and the motor has a direct power connection.
Fuse on the main wiper motor assembly power feed is certainly a suspect. :iono:
The fuse for the wipers, as B_N said, is a 30A under the hood in Fuse Box B next to the battery.
On mine it is fuse #19, but I am not sure how much US and ROW cars vary.
With the intelligence programmed into the wiper subsystem (winter position, blade conditioning, etc.)
it would seem odd that it would be controlled by a relay per se.
There are fuses in Fuse Box C for the washer pumps, but didn't see any there for the wiper motor.