washer wiper jet stopped working renault laguna ? pls advice

alykhalil

all of a sudden the wiper washer jet on my car (renault laguna 1997 5 door automatic) stopped working. the water is full but the jets wont work. the problems is i did try to find the motor but i wasnt able to locate it...even the rear wiper water jet dont work...

any advices please...thank you

flea72

can you hear the buzz of the motor when you press the button?

Myosin

If you can't hear the buzz of the motor when you try to flush the screen (assuming you do normally hear it), it's most probably the electrics fuse which has blown; Renaults aren't great for electrics reliability...

Hunnymonster

I had a car where the washer bottle was under the front wheel arch and every couple of weeks a load of crud (with salt in winter to make it conductive when damp) would build up on the washer motors to stop it working..... a quick spray up under there with a hose usually fixed it for 2-3 weeks. The following spring I took it all apart, cleaned all the muck off and gave it a liberal coating of grease and shoved it back - no problems the following winter.

tomstickland

Check fuse, then wiring to washer jet motor, then filter gauze on end of washer jet, then for blockages in the pipe. Does the motor buzz?

cheekychappy

usually the connectors on the pump on the washer bottle corrodes, clean up connectors on motor, chop off the connector & crimp a couple of new spade connectors on the wires and reconnect, ensuring the pump works correctly.

alykhalil

Myosin wrote:

If you can't hear the buzz of the motor when you try to flush the screen (assuming you do normally hear it), it's most probably the electrics fuse which has blown; Renaults aren't great for electrics reliability...

i definately hear the buzz of the motor...no doubt. thats what worries, if the motor buzzes what then could be wrong..?

alykhalil

i am sure the motor buzzes...could this be because some days back (2 weeks ago maybe) i mixed salt in water and filled the tank...?

JimArnold

C**p somewhere in the system

1) clean jets with a pin or needle
2) try and follow the tubing and disconnect at intervals to see if the water pimps to there

Assuming you've filled it of course ! :-) I did have a MALE friend who had similar problems and it turned out to be an empty rear bottle - he'd filled the front one up 3 times but never the rear!

superscotsman

You can clear a jet with a pin.

There is another reason. If the temperature was cold the screenwash may have frozen. That has happened to me.

alykhalil

JimArnold wrote:

C**p somewhere in the system

1) clean jets with a pin or needle
2) try and follow the tubing and disconnect at intervals to see if the water pimps to there

Assuming you've filled it of course ! :-) I did have a MALE friend who had similar problems and it turned out to be an empty rear bottle - he'd filled the front one up 3 times but never the rear!

cheers...i have never seen nor heard about any rear bottle...where is that located ? thks