Just got all my stuff sorted on my car ...ahh sit back relax and enjoy.... [emoji23] so this morning i start car & the back window wiper has a dicky!! It flung off the wiper and the metal part scratched my window!! As soon as I set key to mar the bloody thing does what it likes stops in the wrong place too..... so I’ve read prob wiring prob ..motor? Any tips guys? It was working fine before last nights proxy alignment to sort my issue with speedo or is it just a coincidence!? What do I need to look for and where?

Coincidence it'll be the "hatch wiring issue " and will get worse.

John202020 said:

Coincidence it'll be the "hatch wiring issue " and will get worse.

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What should I be looking for?? I take it I have to take off the hat cover ect

Baglady1990 said:

What should I be looking for?? I take it I have to take off the hat cover ect

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Hatch

You are looking for the bunch of cables that comes from the body to the boot lid. The constant opening and closing stresses and breaks the wires.

A kit of silicone wires with connectors is widely available.

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rallycinq said:

You are looking for the bunch of cables that comes from the body to the boot lid. The constant opening and closing stresses and breaks the wires.



A kit of silicone wires with connectors is widely available.



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I can only find sellers in Germany on eBay!?

Yes. I brought one from them as it was the best around and made for it ( just in case mine went ) It hasn't yet, it has been behaving itself.

Baglady1990 said:

What should I be looking for?? I take it I have to take off the hat cover ect

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This is a link to the probable issue?
https://www.fiatforum.com/500/423837-maybelline-has-thrown-hissy-fit.html

Yep thats about the price of the kit https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Repair-S...728582&hash=item25e3e4eadd:g:lkEAAOSwm3pZ~HrN

you can use your own wire if you're good with a soldering iron takes about 2 hours, I did ours using all red wire I had spare

John202020 said:

This is a link to the probable issue?
https://www.fiatforum.com/500/423837-maybelline-has-thrown-hissy-fit.html

Yep thats about the price of the kit https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Repair-S...728582&hash=item25e3e4eadd:g:lkEAAOSwm3pZ~HrN

you can use your own wire if you're good with a soldering iron takes about 2 hours, I did ours using all red wire I had spare

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Thank you just bought one as will need the rubber flexing cover as prob gonna have to cut mine open to get to wires

Baglady1990 said:

Thank you just bought one as will need the rubber flexing cover as prob gonna have to cut mine open to get to wires

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Yup [emoji106][emoji23]?

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Yup [emoji106][emoji23]?

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And that one is the heated rear screen earth wire.

John202020 said:

And that one is the heated rear screen earth wire.

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Well when I get in there tomorrow I’ll patch up if I can till that part comes .. think the brown wire is on its way and a thin white striped wire broken too ffs!

Baglady1990 said:

Well when I get in there tomorrow I’ll patch up if I can till that part comes .. think the brown wire is on its way and a thin white striped wire broken too ffs!

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Do I have to disconnect both sides of the battery??

Baglady1990 said:

Do I have to disconnect both sides of the battery??

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Just the negative

One thing to remember, after you have fixed any broken ones, when you fit the kit...one wire at a time. there are more than one of some colours

werdna said:

One thing to remember, after you have fixed any broken ones, when you fit the kit...one wire at a time. there are more than one of some colours

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And there's 6 all black!

I’ve soldered the wires behind the rear quarter before when I put a new hatch on and although some of the wires are the same colour they are different thicknesses so it’s easy enough to work out which is which,

typecastboy said:

I’ve soldered the wires behind the rear quarter before when I put a new hatch on and although some of the wires are the same colour they are different thicknesses so it’s easy enough to work out which is which,

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Yeah just done a “quick” fix till my part arrives 4 broken wires 2 of which are very thin and not a lot of play due to how short they are!!

Baglady1990 said:

Yeah just done a “quick” fix till my part arrives 4 broken wires 2 of which are very thin and not a lot of play due to how short they are!!

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I would strongly recommend that you don't use the rear hatch at all until you've fixed this properly. If it were me, I'd stick a piece of tape over both the keyfob and the hatch handle to remind me, but you may have a better memory than I.

Some folks have reported that this wiring fault can permanently damage the airbag ECU, and this is not a cheap fix.

jrkitching said:

I would strongly recommend that you don't use the rear hatch at all until you've fixed this properly. If it were me, I'd stick a piece of tape over both the keyfob and the hatch handle to remind me, but you may have a better memory than I.

Some folks have reported that this wiring fault can permanently damage the airbag ECU, and this is not a cheap fix.

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I knew you were gonna day that!!! Ok noted..... no boot till job done !