Member Since: 22 Jan 2008
Location: Essex
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How's My Luck!!!
my warranty run out 5 days ago and today my rear wiper motor gives up the ghost.
Happy Days!!
19th Apr 2008 11:13 am
denny crane
Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 147
Re: How's My Luck!!!
Bandit101 wrote:
my warranty run out 5 days ago and today my rear wiper motor gives up the ghost.
Happy Days!!
Still give it a go at the dealer.
What has given up? is it the motor or the wiping motion?
19th Apr 2008 11:20 am
Bandit101
Member Since: 22 Jan 2008
Location: Essex
Posts: 44
It just stopped moving and now it is just clicking.
19th Apr 2008 11:23 am
Bill Wright
Member Since: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Glorious Devon
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It could be that the wiper arm is loose on the spindle
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19th Apr 2008 11:34 am
denny crane
Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
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There is a known problem with the cog mechanism inside the motor. The cog is made of plastic and in the design, there is no "stop" on the outside by the wiper arm to stop it being pulled down against the cog.
People have been closing the tailgate using the wiper arm to pull down the window and this is ripping the cog teeth out (The cog meets the spec for the use in normal conditions, but not for the weight and force used to close the tailgate from open)
19th Apr 2008 12:03 pm
Bandit101
Member Since: 22 Jan 2008
Location: Essex
Posts: 44
Can replacment cogs be purchased from the stealers?
19th Apr 2008 4:13 pm
simon
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Location: Shropshire
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denny crane wrote:
People have been closing the tailgate using the wiper arm to pull down the window and this is ripping the cog teeth out (The cog meets the spec for the use in normal conditions, but not for the weight and force used to close the tailgate from open)
How do you know ?
And do you think people are really that dense (and tall) that they would do this and not use the leading edge of the tailgate or even the handy and very visible grab handle ?
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20th Apr 2008 7:26 am
Bill Wright
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Ray
Can't you jump on Dopey or Grumpy's back then.
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20th Apr 2008 8:07 am
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Member Since: 16 Sep 2007
Location: UK
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simon wrote:
denny crane wrote:
People have been closing the tailgate using the wiper arm to pull down the window and this is ripping the cog teeth out (The cog meets the spec for the use in normal conditions, but not for the weight and force used to close the tailgate from open)
How do you know ?
And do you think people are really that dense (and tall) that they would do this and not use the leading edge of the tailgate or even the handy and very visible grab handle ?
Not sure if it is known problem, but I have seen people trying to do it on my car. You can't see the normal outer handle when it is up in the air, so they grab the outer edge of boot and as it comes down they reach over to grab something to pull it down (so in fact it's worse if your shorter, not taller !!) and the rear wiper is in the perfect place. Normally right where the wiper arm fits to the wiper motor.
Fortunately I have stopped them.
20th Apr 2008 8:30 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
Re: How's My Luck!!!
denny crane wrote:
Bandit101 wrote:
my warranty run out 5 days ago and today my rear wiper motor gives up the ghost.
Happy Days!!
Still give it a go at the dealer.
What has given up? is it the motor or the wiping motion?
Get it reported and replaced by the dealer!!
It's a three year warranty ... not a 2yr, 11 month, 3 week and 2 day warranty!
If it's in the timeframe whenever it happens, it's under warranty!
my dealer even replaced a bit for me under warranty AFTER it had expired.I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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People have been closing the tailgate using the wiper arm to pull down the window and this is ripping the cog teeth out (The cog meets the spec for the use in normal conditions, but not for the weight and force used to close the tailgate from open)
That sounds like an excuse made up by a dealer or LRCS not to replace the item.
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