Slow wiper 2.0L 01 Jetta auto

Hi,
We have the vehicle noted above, now the wipers work but they are slow
when they are turned on fast. They work a little faster when turned to
fast from slow but not by much.
Anyone ever have this problem? Any suggestions? I have a Bentley and
a Haynes.
Are the wipers about to stop? Is this an indication the motor is about
to go?
Thank you in advance,
Dermott

>From:
>Hi,
>We have the vehicle noted above, now the wipers work but they are slow
>when they are turned on fast. They work a little faster when turned to
>fast from slow but not by much.
>Anyone ever have this problem? Any suggestions? I have a Bentley and
>a Haynes.
>Are the wipers about to stop? Is this an indication the motor is about
>to go?

Try the wipers with the blades off of the windshield to see if they speed up.
If not then you may have a 'pivot' (where the wiper arms attach) problem or a
motor problem if the wiring is supplying full power and ground under load.
You may want to take the whole wiper mechanism out of the vehicle and
disconnect the motor from the wiper transmission to see if the pivots freely
rotate. If they do then suspect the motor going bad.
I have seen bad linkages and even a motor that had become detached from the
linkages and I have seen bad pivots on the older vehicles but not on the A3s
yet. So I kinda think it is your motor. :-(



later,
dave
(One out of many Daves)

wrote:
> Hi,
> We have the vehicle noted above, now the wipers work but they are
slow
> when they are turned on fast. They work a little faster when turned
to
> fast from slow but not by much.
> Anyone ever have this problem? Any suggestions? I have a Bentley
and
> a Haynes.
> Are the wipers about to stop? Is this an indication the motor is
about
> to go?
> Thank you in advance,
> Dermott

Take the arms off and lube up all the pivots in the wiper linkage well.
Also make sure that both caps are in place on the wiper arms otherwise
water will get down in there and corrode the pivots.

good luck

nate

Thank you both for your help. I have a Bentley and attempted to remove
the wiper arms. The plastic covers were intact but after taking the
plastic cover off the wiper arm and removing the nut that holds the
wiper arm on, I saw plenty of rust. Can't get the arm off but have
sprayed it with penetrating oil and whacked it a few times. Will leave
it a few days and try to remove the arm again.

Thanks again for your help,
Dermott

You have to rock the base of the wiper arm off of the shaft.
Just keep wiggling the arm while pulling it and it will come off. ;-)

later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

> wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> Thank you both for your help. I have a Bentley and attempted to remove
> the wiper arms. The plastic covers were intact but after taking the
> plastic cover off the wiper arm and removing the nut that holds the
> wiper arm on, I saw plenty of rust. Can't get the arm off but have
> sprayed it with penetrating oil and whacked it a few times. Will leave
> it a few days and try to remove the arm again.
>
> Thanks again for your help,
> Dermott
>

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> You have to rock the base of the wiper arm off of the shaft.
> Just keep wiggling the arm while pulling it and it will come off.
;-)
>
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Thank you both for your help. I have a Bentley and attempted to
remove
> > the wiper arms. The plastic covers were intact but after taking
the
> > plastic cover off the wiper arm and removing the nut that holds the
> > wiper arm on, I saw plenty of rust. Can't get the arm off but have
> > sprayed it with penetrating oil and whacked it a few times. Will
leave
> > it a few days and try to remove the arm again.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help,
> > Dermott
> >

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> You have to rock the base of the wiper arm off of the shaft.
> Just keep wiggling the arm while pulling it and it will come off.
;-)
>
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > Thank you both for your help. I have a Bentley and attempted to
remove
> > the wiper arms. The plastic covers were intact but after taking
the
> > plastic cover off the wiper arm and removing the nut that holds the
> > wiper arm on, I saw plenty of rust. Can't get the arm off but have
> > sprayed it with penetrating oil and whacked it a few times. Will
leave
> > it a few days and try to remove the arm again.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help,
> > Dermott
> >
Thanks to all, Dave, you were right, I rocked it a little and they came
off! Problem solved, Thanks again,
Dermott