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Offline gtimed

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Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« on: 23 February 2012, 18:17 »
Hi,

 

Im new to the site, i was wondering if anyone has ever had a Mk4 with a rear wiper that switches on by itself and wont switch off until it stops on it own and then wont switch on again.

for some reason (sometimes) when you leave the car overnight switch the ignition on the next day it seems to reset itself, and do the same all over again.

Pain in bum!

Has anyone had this problem??



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Offline richw911

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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #1 on: 23 February 2012, 19:02 »
Does your boot light work? Ther motor could be leaking and this could cause your problems to.o

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=150271.0
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Offline blade4real2004

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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #2 on: 23 February 2012, 20:10 »
my problem is the motor randomly goes off by its self and wipes once when you go to start the car as its turning if u get me only wipes once then stops it does that when the switch is in the off postion
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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #3 on: 23 February 2012, 21:15 »
sounds more like its the stalk
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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #4 on: 23 February 2012, 23:45 »
once or twice it gone on it own with switch off not being able to stop it with out turning the ignition off then on again then its been ok not done that in a long time through
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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2012, 14:34 »
The odd time, mine used to randomly wipe my rear window with I turned the key in the ignition. I never use my rear wiper as I have severe OCD and cant stand the water running down the boot door. So I removed the wiper and motor, and replaced it with this. No more random wiping now  :smiley:


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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2012, 16:43 »
Quote from: richw911 on 23 February 2012, 19:02
Does your boot light work? Ther motor could be leaking and this could cause your problems to.o

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=150271.0

No its funny you should say that,the boot light has stopped working,i think i will replace the motor? did you have to replace anything else to rectify the problem?
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Re: Rear wiper on mk4 gti
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2012, 16:53 »
Quote from: gtimed on 24 February 2012, 16:43
Quote from: richw911 on 23 February 2012, 19:02
Does your boot light work? Ther motor could be leaking and this could cause your problems to.o

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=150271.0

No its funny you should say that,the boot light has stopped working,i think i will replace the motor? did you have to replace anything else to rectify the problem?


The boot light problem will mean you need a new boot catch as the micro switch is built into it  :smiley:
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