help window wash & wipers not working

[njdudsbury]

Hi all
Both my front wipers and washer have stopped working.
I got them to work intermitantly on the way home but only three wipes at best then they stopped mid wipe.
Been having a look around when I got home and noticed that the MFD display shows the bonnet as being open even when its not (it shows it glowing red, which I believe means its open)
Question.
How does this work and where is the switch which detects if its open or closed? Is it underneath the bonnet catch?
This from memory will stop all the wiper functions at the front from working
I washed it over the weekend and wonder if I've got water in it.
Any advice gladly recieved
Thanks in advance
Neil

[njdudsbury]

sorted it!
Diconnected the micro swith for the bonnet and the wipers now work so must be that.
Anybody fitted one and how much?
It looks like you just have to remove the grill?
Cheers

[ub7rm]

sorted it!
Diconnected the micro swith for the bonnet and the wipers now work so must be that.
Anybody fitted one and how much?
It looks like you just have to remove the grill?
Cheers

Try giving it a squirt of wd40 - I believe they are quite prone to getting gunked up.  Wouldn't put it past VW to make it part of the latch assembly and so you may have to replace the bonnet latch.  Only speculating mind...