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Old Mar 27, 2018 | 10:57 AM
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Default Windshield wiper trouble 2003 Audi A6 Avant 1,8T

Hey all you good people. I hope you guys can help me with an issue thats got my scratching my head. To make a long story shorter:
My old wiper motor decided to go over to the other side. Fair enough. So replaced the motor and the whole thing starts acting weird.
To make the whole story even shorter. Everything is new. Motor, linkage arm, relay, switch on the steering wheel. But does not work.
The switch works fine with all the driving computer stuff. If I pull back as to wash the windows the rear wiper starts. And it starts when pushing it the right way. But intermettent, low and high does not work.
Has tested the motor, works fine. Of course checked all fuses.
But now I am confused, when your pretty much change the whole system, it should work right?

Is there anybody that can help me? Would appreciate it deeply before I turn the problem over to some expensive error searching in a garage.

Thanks in advance
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Old Apr 26, 2018 | 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Badboyphoto
Hey all you good people. I hope you guys can help me with an issue thats got my scratching my head. To make a long story shorter:
My old wiper motor decided to go over to the other side. Fair enough. So replaced the motor and the whole thing starts acting weird.
To make the whole story even shorter. Everything is new. Motor, linkage arm, relay, switch on the steering wheel. But does not work.
The switch works fine with all the driving computer stuff. If I pull back as to wash the windows the rear wiper starts. And it starts when pushing it the right way. But intermettent, low and high does not work.
Has tested the motor, works fine. Of course checked all fuses.
But now I am confused, when your pretty much change the whole system, it should work right?

Is there anybody that can help me? Would appreciate it deeply before I turn the problem over to some expensive error searching in a garage.

Thanks in advance
Similar thing just happened to my tailgate wiper yesterday. All of a sudden the rear wiper started going without me switching it on. and it wasn't doing the intermittent wipe but continuous. Then, it started to smoke! Now it's dead! My front wipers still work though, no problems... I'm getting the wiper motor replacement and we'll see if I'll have similar issue...
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Old Apr 26, 2018 | 08:04 AM
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Check the wiring where it exits the body going to the rear hatch/ tailgate.
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