Wiper And Aircon Problem In One

[Busman]

Had not used wipers all day, went to use them in evening and nothing front and rear, Checked fuses 20 and 24 which had not blown but replaced anyway. Still nothing but washers are still working. Played for about an hour and in frustration decided to call RAC man who turned up 20 mins later . Explained problem he turned on to see and everything worked lovely!, he laughed, i cried and said a few words and then turned everything off then tried again and then same thing again thankfully for me no wipers! Also found that aircon and heated windscreens were also not working. RAC man checked fuses and said alls well and phoned his HQ who told to find main connections on fuse box and could not find which plug. But now it kept working fine after turning ignition off he left baffled and said hopefully it was one of those problems that hits modern electronics. Would like to hear from anyone who has had this problem occur and if solved.

[stevie m]

I lost my wipers once the lead leading to the small black fuse box (located near the battery) and to the Alternator was damaged inside. This lead got very hot whilst the car was running. It caused the box to melt inside and one of the leads began to arc. Once i replace the box and the lead everything was fine. I'm sure it has been posted on here many times.

[ola]

Hi

 

When my front wipers died, I had to replace the whole linkage package

because one of the arms couldn

[Busman]

Nothing to do with wiper arm linkage but a connector coloured pink/purple under fuse box nearest accelerator pedal needs to be wiggled/pushed about and then it all comes on. Have not had time to play with this yet am hoping to within next week has any body taken these connectors out yet?

[Bobboash]

I have exacltly the same problem. First started last Jan then was ok until now. Same symptoms, the front wiper works intermittent + front screen demister doesn't work at the same time

Have to say I reckon its a relay fault somewhere , but where are the relays located on a Galaxy 1.9TDI 99 ? I know the fuse panel is below the steering wheel and was told by a friend that cpu and relays etc are under passenger seat but there is nothing under there. Appreciate any help on this aswell

[Bobboash]

Ok, I seached the forum and found the relays and can access them after a bit of difficulty. One forum anwer said to check as follows

 

Phil01 quoted .....

 

''after every thing we did we decided to pay thirty five pounds to an auto electrition and have it looked at. he checked all conections and circuits to do with the wipers he found that the relay number 53 on our galaxy or R15 or K175, the relay itself was working but the socket which the relay goes into was not making a full conection. the conectors with in the socket was spread to wide which made no contact with the relay ''

 

Phil01 was successful but I've attempted the same thing, but my relays are labelled totally different but decided to reseat all of them, but still no joy.

As there is still a little life left in the wipers ie 1 sweep then they stop for about 30 secs before sweeping again maybe once or twice, I took each relay out one by one to see which one totally killed the wipers. Only one relay did this but it also killed everything else I'm not sure if the relay is located in this area or not. Remember this is also effecting the front demister, also I have checked the relevent fuses.

Can anyone suggest anything else to try, much appreciated .. Galaxy 1.9TDi 1999 T reg

[Busman]

Have left Gal with auto electrician and has said he has spoken to Ford technical people who confirmed his suspitions that there are two fuse boards with printed cicuitry which have probably fracturedand will need replacing, Ford quote for fuse boxes as 950-1000 quid. He does know of a recon specialist which can supply for approx a quater of this , will give total bill eventually when repairs carried out sometime next week(fingers crossed).

[seatkid]

Have left Gal with auto electrician and has said he has spoken to Ford technical people who confirmed his suspitions that there are two fuse boards with printed cicuitry which have probably fracturedand will need replacing, Ford quote for fuse boxes as 950-1000 quid. He does know of a recon specialist which can supply for approx a quater of this , will give total bill eventually when repairs carried out sometime next week(fingers crossed).

 

Seesh, methinks your auto electrician is pulling your plonker.......he will probably just pull the connector receptacle out of the housing, bend it back into the correct shape and push it back in.