Technical 2005 Croma rear wiper not working

[notorious]

Strangely it was intermittent, now fully stopped working. sometimes it resets to starting down position but always blocks at 2 o'clock on the rear glass. Fuses & stalk are fine... i'm guessing wiper motor but hints and ideas are welcome before I have a go at it. Search option didn't bring anything up for Croma. Thanks,
Stevan

 

[keithglos]

I looked for the connections to the rear door in eper and elearn, and failed to find anything useful. Always used to go for the connection to the rear door first, but could not locate it. Does the wiper work if you open/move the rear door (tailgate).

 

[DoIDon'tI]

If the advice given by KeithGlos doesn't get you any further then I'd suggest this.

HTH.

 

[keithglos]

When I had my new Multipla (2000) the rear wiper was intermittent and not correctly plugged in to the connection behind the tailgate panel. I unplugged it and straightened the pins in the connector.
That rear wiper motor looks worth buying.

 

[notorious]

Ok, I took it apart this morning and there is water ingress throught the hole in the body of the rear gate directly into the mechanical part of the wiper motor. Took everything apart, cleaned and oiled it and it's back to life. I used weatherproof silicone to fill out the hole around the wiper shaft to prevent future water ingress. Dismantling was easy four screws and some pulling to get the mask off in the boot, then three large bolts that hold the motor to the body and about seven small screws holding motor cover.
Hope this helps someone else in the future.
Stevan