C3 Wipers Stop Working

[Guest dane keeper]

Hi

Wonder if anyone can help. My wife has 52 C3 1.4 semi auto. Last week her wipers failed, they had been working going north on the M1 in heavy rain, then on her return they just stopped. (Incidentally she called GreenFlag who refused to attend as the car wasn't broken down! - Membership now cancelled and back with RAC). Anyway, I turned out, replaced fuse and checked relay was OK. Still wouldn't work.

I went to recover the car the following day with a mate and started the car up and the wipers worked normally.

Citroen looked at me as if I was demented and or lying when I took it into them. Our local diagnostics guy ran a check and can't find anything.

Has anybody else had this problem or know of anything I could check?

Anyhelp appreciated as I don't fancy the idea of her wpers failing again in heavy rain (well not just yet anyway

 

Thanks

[CE08LDB]

This Happend on my brothers previous 2003 52 C3 1.4i SX Auto not often but when it did he had to stop turn the engine off wait a few minutes restart and they would work again. Never found out the cause of it.

 

You haven't got his old car have you.lol his was CA52 SGY

[markyb]

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You haven't got his old car have you.lol his was CA52 SGY

 

 

 

LOL would be spooky if he did

im getting an 03 1.4hdi next week, hope this is a one off problem

sorry nothing pesonal

[Guest dane keeper]

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You haven't got his old car have you.lol his was CA52 SGY

LOL would be spooky if he did

im getting an 03 1.4hdi next week, hope this is a one off problem

sorry nothing pesonal

 

 

Unfortunately NOT the same car. I think it is time to move it on, I will part ex it so that whoever buys it has some sort of warranty.

 

Cheers

[techbod]

wow remind me not to buy a car off you lol j/k ;)

[kfk]

Worth booking the vehicle in with your local Citroen dealer to see if there is an update to the main vehicle computer.

 

have had problems with some C3's where cranking the engine whilst the wipers were operating caused a bug to occur in the software that stopped both screen washers and front wipers working. disconnecting the com2000 under the steering wheel and rebooting computers would overcome it.

[Guest dane keeper]

wow remind me not to buy a car off you lol j/k ;)

 

 

Thanks for this, wont be rying Citroen again though. They told me it was impossible for this to happen and them work OK the next day. Sounds like you are right because the washers did stop working as well (I initially dreaded that it might need a new stalk!).

I will get it booked into an independent specialist though. Thanks Again

[kfk]

make sure whoever you take it to is able to download the main computer then other wise you will just be wasting time and money.