Today, as it is snowing in the north east, I used my wipers and pulled back the stalk to get fluid on the windshield but nothing came out. The rear wiper does not work as well. I do in fact hear the Wiper Motor and yes my fluid reservoir is almost full and this is an all of a sudden thing. Temps are 21 here all day, this has never ever happened before.


Any advice?

Thank you

 

frozen fluid? this happened to me last yea and it was because the fluid was frozen. or, maybe the in hose to pump or outlet hose to nozzle is not connected to pump/motor.

 

^^^ sometimes the fluid in the very thin line can freeze easily. Depends on what type of fluid you use, but in my experience, when you're in the teens or below in temps, this can happen.

 

Your washer fluid is frozen

 

Yep its frozen. It's 8 now so very cold. Is it damaged? Like exploded?

 

unlikely, it should be ok when it warms up.
My GTi did this all the time.

 

You can by a different kind with a lower freezing point

 

^This is the solution. I use the orange rain-x stuff year round. If the reservoir also froze then there is a chance it cracked. But hopefully it didnt...

Oh and you also may want to check your blinker fluid and make sure that didnt freeze...sorry I couldnt help myself

 

Yup, Just find a fluid that has a very low freezing point. That's pretty cold though, wherever you are. haha

 

Well it is 36 and raining today, all day. Still doesn't work.

Any advice? Did something break you think? Again this is both front and rear of the car. It really sucks not having this work.

 

check your hose connections to the motor/pump.

 

On the passenger side,by the hood hinge there's a line that connects the 2 nozzle lines.disconnect that and pull the leveler and see if it sprays fluid .if it does then your nozzles are shot.hope it helps.

 

Everything is working again. I guess it just froze which has NEVER EVER happened in all my years of Evo Ownership (June 2003).

So be careful out there folks. Lesson learned.