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Had a problem, sharing answer - lost wipers/heater blower

Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:40 pm
by GTXTRA
Thought I'd flag this one up - I lost the heater blower and the wipers/washers this week on the GTL.

Now, I'm far from being a spark - went through all the usual checks re fuses, specific wiper relays etc etc.

Still had a glovebox light and the lights were working - signs of other problems...........and then thought, check the bloody internet and of course the legend that is rubjonny had dealt with same issue across a number fo vw/audi forums.

Culprit = the x contact relay that has #17 on it, p/n 171 937 503a. It's positioned second from the left on the lower row of relays on a Mk2 fusebox.

It clicks on start up, mine didn't but a cross reference with the one from the BRM confirmed the diagnosis.

Luckily I had a spare fusebox lying around with another spare so job done.

Phew.

Re: Had a problem, sharing answer - lost wipers/heater blower

Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 10:38 pm
by Tim_R
Good to see you got to the bottom of it after talking about it at Stanford Hall yesterday.