Avant rear wiper motor replacement

[quattrogary]

Wiper has become gutless and noticed when i used the wash function water would enter the boot.

Guessing both related and motor had it.

Just ordered a valeo replacement unit along with a wiper puller.

Can anyone please shed some light on how i remove the inner trim ? I have removed all screws with no luck. It feels as though the trim is going to break

Thank you

[stokey1964]

have a look here

Removing Avant rear tailgate inside trim Wash/Wipe repair. - AudiSRS.com


Simon

[quattrogary]

That is for the c5 i believe

[stokey1964]

sorry about that

I replaced mine earlier this year

theres no hidden screws just a case of pulling harder

presume you have removed the screws beneath the warning triangle


Simon

[quattrogary]

Just worried about breaking the trim

Had a response from carl saying its a 2 man job

Did yours come off in 1 peace ?

May have another go on saturday

[Crasher]

Quite often you cannot get the wiper arm off without it snapping, even with various different pullers as they just deform.

[quattrogary]

Hope not

I have bought a wiper puller also, cant see it happening today due to the weather

Looks like a tomorrow job, like a clean rear window. Cant understand people of just leave things not working. I also envy them as i spend money sorting all the niggles out.

[Gazwould]

Valeo is oem and are the ones that fail .

Don't buy Valeo .

[quattrogary]

Well replaced motor which was fun, and even with a wiper puller buggered up the rear wiper arm!! Seized on there a treat.

What are my options for a replacement ? Aerotwin with the stubby arm any good ?

[Audijager]

I have just replacd mine - the motor had become intermittent. As reported above the main issue was removing the wiper arm, I ended up cutting it off. But even with the arm on the bench, extracting the remains of the shaft was not possible without starting to damage the arm. I ended up having to drill it out (taking care not to ruin the splined seating). Replacement motor : ‘Vistapro’ from eurocarparts.