Windshield Wiper Wiring Diagram; Faulty Operation Of Flashers; Windscreen Wipers; Wiper Unit Faulty Operation - Fiat 500L Workshop Manual

FIG 11:15 Arrangement of windshield wiper unit on
vehicle
S W I T C H
ON
F INT
S A
FIG 11:16

Windshield wiper wiring diagram

Key to Fig 11 :16 A Series winding
D Switch M Motor
C =Terminals
120
WINDSHIELD WIPER
MOTOR ASSY
WIPER MOTOR SCREWS
WIPER MOTOR BRACKET
L E V E R POSITIONS
0
P A R K I N G
S W I T C H
12 V
31
C
D
M
B
B Shunt winding
S Additional winding F INT
signal lamp pairs. The flasher unit connections are in
FIG 11:14 and the unit is of the hot wire type.

Faulty operation of flashers:

In cases of trouble check the bulb for broken filaments.
Refer to the wiring diagrams in Technical Data and check
all flasher circuit cables and connections. Check the
appropriate fuse. Switch on the ignition and check with
a voltmeter between flasher unit positive terminal and
earth to see if battery voltage is present. Connect together
flasher unit positive terminal and L and operate the
direction indicator switch. If the flasher lamps now light,
the flasher unit is defective and must be renewed. It is not
possible to dismantle and repair a faulty flasher unit.
Before removing make a note of the connections so that
they will be replaced correctly when the new unit is being
installed.
Before making the connections it is advisable to check
the circuits to ensure that the new flasher unit is not
damaged by wrong connection. Test by joining the
cables normally connected to the unit and operate the
switch. If the connections are wrong the appropriate
fuse will blow but no damage will be done to the flasher
unit.
Never insert terminal L directly to earth without having
first connected in series the bulbs specified, otherwise
the flasher unit will be damaged. For the same reason
terminal L must never be shorted to ground nor must there
by any short circuits in any of the leads from the L
terminal to the bulbs. The flasher unit must never receive
blows of any kind since it is a very delicate component
and easily damaged.

11:8 Windscreen wipers

Description:
The windscreen wiper assembly comprises a motor
unit that drives two wiper blades through a reduction
gearing and mechanical linkage. The reduction gear
includes a worm screw on the motor armature shaft and a
helical pinion. The motor, left blade pivot and linkages
are mounted on a sheet metal bracket, whilst the right
blade pivot is connected to the main drive link. When
assembled to the vehicle the right blade pivot is fixed
directly onto the body. The unit is provided with an
automatic parking device which ensures that the blades
return to their correct park position. The windscreen wiper
is- controlled by a lever switch with three separate
positions on earlier models or a simple on-off switch on
later models.
Maintenance:
Maintenance is confined to the changing of the wiper
blades when they have deteriorated and occasional
lubricating of the mechanical linkage.

Wiper unit faulty operation :

1 It is important that the wiper unit assembly is correctly
fitted to the body otherwise distortion of the wiper
mounting bracket can
abnormal stresses on the pivot and linkages resulting
in irregular and difficult blade sweep.
2 If the blades keep on sweeping at a reduced speed
although the switch lever has been pressed to the
occur which will cause