Xantia Wipers problem

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andyR - 30 Apr 2004 08:48 GMT

Hi there.
I have a L-reg Xantia, whose windscreen wipers keep playing up. The
intermittent function has never worked since I've had the car (I just
have two off positions on the stalk). The main problem is that they
also don't always park. THey first did it a couple of months ago, but
fixed themselves with no real intervention. Just recently, its got
worse, and seems to be aggravated by excessive wetness (Sounds stupid,
but washing the car or a downpour brings it on). However I thought it
would be a relay problem, but I think these are behind the fuse box,
and as such should not get wet....hmmm.

Also, will my wipers not parking cause the car to fail its MOT?

any ideas?
please?

andy

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Adrian - 30 Apr 2004 09:14 GMT

> Also, will my wipers not parking cause the car to fail its MOT?

No.
http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_820.htm

I'd say that fail point b - a wiper does not continue to operate
automatically when switched on - was more targetted at where the wiper has
to be switched off and back on to do a second sweep. I've certainly MOTd a
GSA with wipers that wouldn't park with no problem.

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andyR - 30 Apr 2004 15:09 GMT

Thanks for that, but now I've had a read, in section 8.3 it seems to
say that wipers which park automatically in a position which
encroaches on vision is a fail.
Now the wipers don't park automatically, [thats the problem!] but
could that statement be interpreted as saying they park
'automatically' wherever they are when they are switched off? [I.e
potentially obscuring vision?]

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Adrian - 30 Apr 2004 15:40 GMT

> Thanks for that, but now I've had a read, in section 8.3 it seems to
> say that wipers which park automatically in a position which
> encroaches on vision is a fail.

That's aimed at the NovaBoi that thinks it's *really* k3wl to take one
wiper off and put the other so it parks vertically...

> Now the wipers don't park automatically, [thats the problem!] but
> could that statement be interpreted as saying they park
> 'automatically' wherever they are when they are switched off? [I.e
> potentially obscuring vision?]

Wouldn't have thought so, as they don't "park automatically" anywhere,
least of all somewhere inconvenient. They park manually, and you're bright
enough to stop them manually at the bottom of the sweep every time, aren't
you?

I s'pose in the end it'll be down to the discretion of the tester. Get the
test done somewhere small and sensible, and if you can mention it to the
guy who's going to be doing the test in person, all the better. They can be
human, y'know.

It's probably a failure within the motor, rather than a wiring problem.
IIRC, the Xant motor's not that bad to get to. Open the bonnet, remove the
plastic trim at the base of the screen, and it's sat there.

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andyR - 03 May 2004 09:05 GMT

Again, thanks - I just get paranoid about this sort of thing! With a
bit of luck, giving the motor a bit of a going over may make it go
away anyway...

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