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mpald



Member Since: 16 Dec 2016
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United Kingdom 2004 Defender 90 Td5 HT Keswick Green
TD5 Windscreen Wipers
Any advice appreciated.

I am working away and my wife has reported the windscreen wipers simply stopped and now will not work. She did not hear anything snapping or snagging, or a motor grinding to a halt [she tells me...].

She has checked the fuse and all seems to be fine.
Power is still going from the stalk to trigger the water jet - it is just the wiping is not happening.

Could this be that the wipers are simply seized?
Relay gone?
Earth?
Or the Motor?

Am having a bad run with the vehicle at the moment - new top end before Christmas, prop dropped off the other week - starting to look at Dacias enviously ...

Thank you for any suggestions.
Post #1059919 8th Feb 2025 10:24am
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blackwolf



Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
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First step is to jiggle manually each wiper to see if one is seized, then report back.

Wiper failures are common on Defenders due to the value-engineered 1960s technology and generally straightforward to diagnose and fix.
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4RF RDS



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As posted… start there. Another usual suspect is the park switch and or fuse. Check both as well.

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