Rear Wiper Doesnt Come On When Car Is In Reverse Gear C4 Plus 1.6 Hdi

[arak81]

I have just spoken to citroen dealer and he said that rear wiper should come on when the car is in reverse gear..but mine is not...does anyone know what could cause this issue? Automatic wiper is activated in the menu...its just simply not working. My car is C4 Plus vtr 1.6 HDi

[paul.h]

In the radio menu is the rear wiper set to work when selecting reverse (this is different to front auto wipers which applies when it rains if you have the rain sensor at the top middle of the windscreen) ? If yes then do the reversing lights work to show that the reverse gear switch is working ? When it does work in reverse it is only an intermittent wipe and not continuous one.

[arak81]

in radio menu there is no such option. i can see only one option which is  Parking assistance # Activation of rear wiper in reverse gear which was already ticked...as a troubleshoot I untick and tick again. restart the car but nothing helps. citroen dealer said it should come on when gear is put in reverse regardless of parking assistance setting.

[paul.h]

This is from page 18 of the handbook for a 2006 C4 so are you checking for the rear wiper when the front ones are working ?

 

Automatic operation

This function is active when the windscreen wipers are operating and you engage reverse gear.

Activation / deactivation of this function is possible in the menu "Personalisation - Configuration"of the "Main menu".

Deactivation may be necessary when a bicycle-carrier is installed on the tailgate.

[arak81]

so, is it like front screen has to set automatically running mode to get rear wiper running in reverse gear?

[paul.h]

You just need to have the front wipers switched on and wiping, then select reverse gear and the rear wiper will do an intermittant wipe. It is also on our C5 as well as the C4 so is a normal feature of Citroens.

 

If you find it does not work then have a look for broken wires in the wiring between the tailgate and the body since it is a common failure point.

 

In case you do not have the car handbook you can read/copy/print (in sections) it from the service.citroen site http://service.citroen.com/ddb/