Audi a3 - rear window wiper fire

D4nny

Caleb11 wrote: »

No they are paying for it

thats all good then,does sound strange tho that its a 9 year old car and there paying for all the work.atleast nobody was injured.

EdGasket

What happens is that the wiper tries to self park and jams for whatever reason; maybe snow build up in this case. Then the wiper motor has continual current trying to self park but the motor can't move so the windings just heat up until they start burning/melting. Happened on my Hyundai recently but just made a bad smell, it didn't catch fire. I had to take the tailgate apart and disconnect the motor as it was still live and hot even with the ignition turned off. (self-parking innovation ...bah)

EdGasket

Caleb11 wrote: »

Thanks for replies.

I'm very impressed I must say and when I buy another car later this year this would definitely influence my decision to choose Audi again.

Yes, I always fancied a car that catches fire and endangers myself and my family; must get one of those.

Caleb11

Indeed. It keeps the old ticker healthy to have a little stress!