Driving happily to Wales along the A5 on Thursday decided to remove English bug life from the screen. Took a few moments to realise that while wife could see clearly ahead I couldn't........ Her wiper behaved quite normally, mine did nothing!!
Pulled over and prodded around, checked a fuse or two, made sure nothing external was jamming the wiper but still no joy. The great god Google suggests that it is a wiring problem with either no volts or signal getting through to the drivers side - the passenger (UK) side is the master (4 wires to the motor and responding correctly) and the driver is the slave (3 wires). No indications of prior problems and no sign of motor overheating etc. Linkages in excellent condition.
As Wales was wonderful weatherwise have so far not needed wipers and now home will play in the morning and see what needs doing. Have found out how to disable the bonnet switch that (for some reason as no clear fouling point) stops the wipers working when the bonnet is open and will take some pictures for future reference.
Helpful suggestions as to where the wiring goes is welcome - car is 2010 2.0TDi XL by the way, not our more mature 2005 2.0FSi!
Pulled over and prodded around, checked a fuse or two, made sure nothing external was jamming the wiper but still no joy. The great god Google suggests that it is a wiring problem with either no volts or signal getting through to the drivers side - the passenger (UK) side is the master (4 wires to the motor and responding correctly) and the driver is the slave (3 wires). No indications of prior problems and no sign of motor overheating etc. Linkages in excellent condition.
As Wales was wonderful weatherwise have so far not needed wipers and now home will play in the morning and see what needs doing. Have found out how to disable the bonnet switch that (for some reason as no clear fouling point) stops the wipers working when the bonnet is open and will take some pictures for future reference.
Helpful suggestions as to where the wiring goes is welcome - car is 2010 2.0TDi XL by the way, not our more mature 2005 2.0FSi!