Help: C230 Windshield wiper malfunction
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Help: C230 Windshield wiper malfunction
For a couple of weeks, my windshild wiper (there's only one) would get temporarily stuck on the windshield when I tried to use them. If it was raining hard, creating a lot of moisture, they would become lubricated and work fine. However, if there was only a little moisture, they would get stuck around the middle of the windshield, and eventually make it back and forth.
However, now they don't work at all. They won't move. I don't even hear a motor trying to get them to move.
Does anyone have suggestions?
However, now they don't work at all. They won't move. I don't even hear a motor trying to get them to move.
Does anyone have suggestions?
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Remove the plastic cover at the base of the wiper armature.Inside it you will see 2 steel rods - turn wiper on and stop at center of the windshield position -hit them with some white lithium grease and you'll be good to go.I had the same thing happen to me 2 months ago.
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Do it now, don't wait. Just hope you haven't already messed the gears or motor up. If it is already dead, at least check to see if a fuse blew before the motor croaked.
Read this:
http://202tech.mkosonen.com/howto/wiper.html
Read this:
http://202tech.mkosonen.com/howto/wiper.html
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The instructions say to turn the wiper on so it points straight up. But mine won't turn on at all. Does this mean my motor is dead? How can I get it straight up?
Also, I hear a buzz coming from the area around my fuse box under the hood when I start the car....it goes away after about 5-10 sec. I thought it was the engine, but I wonder if it is the windshield wiper motor....Do you think my motor is dead? What should I do?
Also, I hear a buzz coming from the area around my fuse box under the hood when I start the car....it goes away after about 5-10 sec. I thought it was the engine, but I wonder if it is the windshield wiper motor....Do you think my motor is dead? What should I do?
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The instructions say to turn the wiper on so it points straight up. But mine won't turn on at all. Does this mean my motor is dead? How can I get it straight up?
Also, I hear a buzz coming from the area around my fuse box under the hood when I start the car....it goes away after about 5-10 sec. I thought it was the engine, but I wonder if it is the windshield wiper motor....Do you think my motor is dead? What should I do?
Also, I hear a buzz coming from the area around my fuse box under the hood when I start the car....it goes away after about 5-10 sec. I thought it was the engine, but I wonder if it is the windshield wiper motor....Do you think my motor is dead? What should I do?
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Slow steady pressure pulling downward. You don't want to break it but it takes force. There are "hooks" at the top of the piece which have to be overcome. I thought I was going to break something the first time I did it.
