My windshield wipers sometimes work & sometimes not. I never know when turned on if they're going to work. Also sometimes they continue to run after they're switched off. My car has 16300 miles. My car has an automatic transmission. Anyway, recently I’ve found that my rear wiper has began to “not work”. When I Google for non-working E46 Touring rear wipers, the usual results is an electrical issue, but mine was different. It did work Or should I say, tries to work. Its just very very stiff. Opening the rear tailgate and moving the wiper by hand takes quite a bit. The wiper blades are serviced easily, while the wiper motor can be replaced in a few hours. The wiper motor itself can fail, creating a situation where the wipers do not work or do not properly park. If the wipers do not work at all, check that the wiper pivots move freely and are not bound with corrosion. To do this, follow the steps noted below. I have been working on a 2001 E39 today that is having the same problem and the same code, i have just done a bit of reading and think it may be a wiper motor fault, if the ZKE unit does not see a self park signal for 16 seconds then the wiper motor is switched of.
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Anyway, recently I’ve found that my rear wiper has began to “not work”. When I Google for non-working E46 Touring rear wipers, the usual results is an electrical issue, but mine was different. It did work… Or should I say, tries to work. Its just very very stiff.
Opening the rear tailgate and moving the wiper by hand takes quite a bit of effort, which is obviously not right. Luckily I found this brilliant thread over on BimmerForums which explains in detail basically what I’ve just done to fix this issue.
However, I did take a slightly different approach in one area of that guide…
Firstly started off with taking a photo before I began, just for reference more than anything! Canon f164002 driver download. Tailgate open, wiper in parked position & very stiff
Going by that guide, I got all the way to Step 8 before I encountered a problem. My wiper arm pivot entire assembly was stuck in the glass. Really badly. I was almost going to give up on it, but then fast forward to Step 12 on the guide shows removing the shaft from the assembly itself. I thought that could be worth a shot, but doing in-situ.
Which is exactly what I did. Very carefully removing the C-clip, then using molegrips to wiggle the wiper shaft back & forth while pushing from above. After a good few minutes of struggle, it eventually worked.
Bmw E46 Rear Wiper Not Working Stuck
With the shaft out, I grabbed some emery cloth & cleaned it up a bit.
The other side of the glass, by the way, looks like this with the shaft removed. Rt umk 100 bt driver.
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I then applied a ton of grease & re-fitted it. Instantly it felt better. From the struggle I had removing it, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get it back in, but it EASILY slid right in, and I could wiggle it back & forth easily by hand now. Much better!
I re-fit everything & tested the wiper. Absolutely spot on. Of course, I didn’t finish the job without cleaning all the WD40, grease & finger-prints off the glass.
Bmw E46 Rear Wiper Not Working
Job done.
Bmw E46 Rear Bushings
Cost = zero.
Time = 45 minutes.
Sweet!