intermittant Wiper Fault

mikecandsarahb · Post by **mikecandsarahb** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:48 am

hello as im new to you all,
ive just brought a 406 2000 hdi (90)d9 and have some of the normal faults, air con gasless, low fluid beep, which ive found ancwers to but i cant find the ancwer to my wiper fault
now my wipers work and go back to parking position fine, but when on intermittant they seem to have a mind of there own, they start with say a 10 sec gap, for a few goes then go on to normal opperation then to a 5 sec gap.
my feelings are the it might be the wiper stalk, has anyone had this fault?
thanks for your help mike,

Post by **teamster1975** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:03 am

Welcome Mike!

It could be the motor, I'm not sure how intermittent operation works but someone more knowledgeable will be along with an answer

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:22 pm

Silly question, but you don't have automatic wipers, have you?

mikecandsarahb · Post by **mikecandsarahb** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:24 pm

how do i tell if i have auto wipers, ive never had a pug before ?
mike

mikecandsarahb · Post by **mikecandsarahb** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:29 pm

ok i feel abit silly now, i have an auto setting on the wiper stalk,
does this mean that its doing what it ment to, ive never had auto wipers.
mike

Post by **teamster1975** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:06 pm

mikecandsarahb wrote:how do i tell if i have auto wipers, ive never had a pug before ?
mike

There'll be a sensor behind the top middle of the windscreen

One thing to bare in mind is that you have to turn them off and then back to auto to reset them when you first start the car.

Captain Jack · Post by **Captain Jack** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm

Yes, it's normal. Should only come on automatically with the rain depending on its intensity. You can move the stalk further up for "normal" operation and up again for faster speed.

teamster1975 wrote:One thing to bare in mind is that you have to turn them off and then back to auto to reset them when you first start the car.

Really? I never had to do that...

mikecandsarahb · Post by **mikecandsarahb** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:12 pm

thank you very much saved me buying parts i didnt need for a fault that is not a fault,
mike

Post by **teamster1975** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:16 pm

CaptainJack wrote:Really? I never had to do that...

Might be a D8 thing...

Post by **steve_earwig** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:59 pm

But he has a D9 now... my D8's always needed resetting but my D9's seem to carry on if the engine's only off for a few minutes. Would be useful if you could just turn the buggers on and forget 'em (i know, I know)

Post by **DaiRees** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:03 pm

Yeah I've gotta off and on them unless it's just a few mins since I last turned the engine off.

eoin27 · Post by **eoin27** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:21 pm

D9's with COM2000 controls don't have to have the stalk reset like Teamy is describing. The early D9's do (just like the D8's have to)

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