Kerry101

Right, if it is the motor then that wouldbe a lot less hassle. I have the haynes manual. Really appreciate that advise and the links as well for the part. I will go and have a look now becasue the rain has stopped finally. I will come back later when I have investigated it. Many Thanks.

Thanks for your reply also. Yes the rear wiper and rear washer work fine. I do know that it will need a complete fix but I was really wanting to know if my bypass theroy would work as a temporay fix to get some wipers if it rains?

Thanks for the reply, the part number is 96496662XT, I have seen XT units but none have the same sequence of numbers, they all vary. I presume it has to be an exact match of numbers as well as being an XT model?

My wipers stopped working altogether this week, apart from the occassionally it does 1 sweep when the stalk is at 0 for some reason. I think it is the comms200 unit, indicators and audio work though. I am having an opeation in 5 weeks time which will mean I can't drive for up to 6 months and the dealership is quoting silly money for a new comms200 unit and I can't find the right part number anywhere locally or on the net. As a temp fix can I bypass the wiper controls by jury rigging a cable from the neg on the windscreen motor to a 12v toggle switch, then from the switch to the battery neg and the same on the positive, will this create a circuit so when I switch the toggle switch on the windscreen wipers work. I only need the wipers for the journey to work just in case it rains. I can work on a permanent fix once I have had the operation. The model is a 2005 1.85, old but I love it.