Front Windscrenn Washers

[38capriman]

On my 02 reg C5 2.0 HDi the right column control stick is pulled towards the driver to activate the front screen washers and a small section on the end is rotated to activate rear screen washer/wiper. It has worked perfectly but now when I pull the control stick towards me the rear wash/wipe is activated. If I rotate the small section on the end of the stick again the rear wash/wipe is activated. The car did this once before but after a few days corrected itself. This time it has been over a week.

 

Has anybody else experienced this problem?

 

How is it fixed?

 

This could be a mojor problem as I assume no front screen washer will be an MOT failure.

 

Thanks.

[coastline taxis]

Sounds like contact problems in the wiper stalk.Theres a posting on here on how to strip a stalk down and clean it. Or you could just replace it with a new/secondhand one

[old'uns]

Sounds like contact problems in the wiper stalk.Theres a posting on here on how to strip a stalk down and clean it. Or you could just replace it with a new/secondhand one

 

or the diaphragm problem in washer motor?

[seasank]

when I pull the control stick towards me the rear wash/wipe is activated. If I rotate the small section on the end of the stick again the rear wash/wipe is activated.

 

Has anybody else experienced this problem?

 

How is it fixed?

 

This could be a mojor problem as I assume no front screen washer will be an MOT failure.

 

Thanks.

 

There's a posting on here about the washer pump and explains it quite well.

As I remember, the pump rotates one way to power the front washers and the other way to power the rear washer.

Anyhow the most likely cause is a problem in the washer pump which I think is located behind the liner in the front offside wing (at the bottom of ther washer bottle).

Some say that using anything other than Citroen screenwash fluid can cause the seals to swell and cause the issue.

[legin]

On my 02 reg C5 2.0 HDi the right column control stick is pulled towards the driver to activate the front screen washers and a small section on the end is rotated to activate rear screen washer/wiper. It has worked perfectly but now when I pull the control stick towards me the rear wash/wipe is activated. If I rotate the small section on the end of the stick again the rear wash/wipe is activated. The car did this once before but after a few days corrected itself. This time it has been over a week.

 

Has anybody else experienced this problem?

 

How is it fixed?

 

This could be a mojor problem as I assume no front screen washer will be an MOT failure.

 

Thanks.

I had exactly the same problem with my 52 C5.There is a 2 way valve on the bottom of the water bottle which had become blocked.The job envolved removing the front RHS wheel,arch liner,headlamp and right side of the bumper to remove the bottle!The valve can be eased apart for cleaning,just don't squeeze it to tight together again.