Only One Speed With Windscreen Wipers

[Atari Boy 11]

My windscreen wipers only work on one speed regardless of whether it is in position two or three, position one, intermittent, works okay.

I have removed the scuttle panel and re-greased everything in the past two months but it made no difference.

They are still quite slow also.

I can’t remember seeing at relay switch or anything under there, is there one? The service box is quoting £206 inclusive for a new motor!

Is it the motor or possibly a replay switch or something else?

 

Thanks

 

Jony

[MrG 3]

earthing problem maybe?

[Baz 421]

Resistance issue at a guess.

[sonofsam 5]

My windscreen wipers only work on one speed regardless of whether it is in position two or three, position one, intermittent, works okay.

I have removed the scuttle panel and re-greased everything in the past two months but it made no difference.

They are still quite slow also.

I can’t remember seeing at relay switch or anything under there, is there one? The service box is quoting £206 inclusive for a new motor!

Is it the motor or possibly a replay switch or something else?

 

Thanks

 

Jony

 

I would probably look at the motor being faulty, other options could be a bad earth / faulty stalk and I *think* there is a relay in the glove compartment.

 

There is a recent thread running on the Ph1 106(many in the breakers and newer items too!) motor being the same as the 205, but no-one has fitted one yet to absolutely confirm this.

 

Greasing the spindles and new(ish) arms should help to speed them up once you have a new motor, most of the arms nowadays have absolutley no spline's in them were they locate onto the spindle.

 

Hope that helps,

Sam.

[Atari Boy 11]

Thanks Sam, Andrew and Baz, I will investigate the earth first and then take it from there.

Edited April 16, 2008 by Atari Boy

[AdamP 0]

Wiper relay is my guess!

[Atari Boy 11]

Thanks Adam.

Does anyone know exactly where the relay is?

[DaveW 6]

Think its the blue one on the fuse board.

[Jrod 7]

It is, thought this only controlled intermittent wipe though?

[Anthony 1,002]

It is, thought this only controlled intermittent wipe though?

That's how I understood it, as poverty-spec base models don't have that relay and still have normal and fast wipe speed (but no intermittent)

[AdamP 0]

I have to say I don't know much about 205 relays, but in my Polo part of the wiper relay disintegrated leaving only 2 functions working. It had one relay that controlled all the functions (2 speeds and intermittent) and the intermittant and first speed stopped working.

[Atari Boy 11]

I will investigate this replay business, now I bet that they are £88 each from Pug.

So near, yet so far .

Edited April 16, 2008 by Atari Boy

[DaveW 6]

Could also be the stalk?

[Jrod 7]

poverty-spec base models don't have that relay

 

 

My rallye isn't poverty spec and it didn't have it as standard!

[Atari Boy 11]

Relax JRod, my GTi may as well be poverty spec, it has been pouring with rain recently.