[TheRosser]

What's up guys? I have 13k miles on my Trailhawk and roughly 1500 miles ago, the windshield washer on the passenger side stopped working. Do you guys have any idea what could be the problem? Would it be covered under warranty if I brought it in? Thanks for any help bros!

 

[bill_de]

Open the hood and see if the plastic connector is broken. If it is, you are probably squirting washer fluid over your engine.


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[TheRosser]

My god Bill, your a genius! I tried reconnecting them and it won't stay on. Every time I spray it, it comes off again. Guess the dealership is the next stop. Thank you Bill!

 

[SNUKE]

My god Bill, your a genius!

Careful, this could lead to Bill building his own private lair on a remote island where he will contemplate world domination.

 

[neiltb]

nozzle is probably clogged, try clearing it with a pin first, might save you a trip and a wait.

 

[Dcbullets]

I've had to replace both the right and left side nozzles. It was covered under warranty, but this does tend to happen frequently. Pretty annoying.

 

[lstowell]

My god Bill, your a genius! I tried reconnecting them and it won't stay on. Every time I spray it, it comes off again. Guess the dealership is the next stop. Thank you Bill!

Is the hose just too large for the fitting?

Note that although a dealer might try to avoid fixing it, you can usually take a bit of heavy duty wire and a small pair of blunt end pliers and make a small clamp to hold it in place. Presuming the problem isn't due to the washer spray head having too much back pressure.

 

[nek121328]

Check for breakage, the connecting hose between the nozzles is a tick too short and puts stress on the nozzle nipples.

 

[TheRosser]

Check for breakage, the connecting hose between the nozzles is a tick too short and puts stress on the nozzle nipples.

I think this is what the problem is

 

[lstowell]

I'd nag the dealer to replace it with a bit longer one.
The hose should be readily available at parts places if that fails.

For cleaning the jets, you can buy nozzle cleaning wire sets or kits that consist of fine wires that are longer than the typical pin, and they flex. Fairly common for carb repair on bikes, and also for 3D printers.

 

[TheRosser]

Just left the dealership. Said they have had to replace like 12 in the last week or two bc of the harsh temps we received (-45 w/windchill). He said he wasn't sure if it was covered under warranty, but it's a $20 part if it isn't covered.

 

[AAAA]

Why wouldn't it be covered by warranty? And forget wind chill. Vehicles do not experience wind chill.

 

[TheRosser]

Why wouldn't it be covered by warranty? And forget wind chill. Vehicles do not experience wind chill.

Ok, -35F w/o windchill. But I have an appt on Monday to get it fixed and I'm going to fight it if they try to charge me for it.

This is the same dealership that wanted to give me $11k for my ford king ranch super duty as a trade in.. I don't like this dealership (except for my salesman) and neither does the rest of my AF base. But, perks of living in Montana is that there isn't another one around for 2+ hours.

 

[Dcbullets]

Mine was covered under warranty. The first time it happened, I asked why it broke and the guy told me debris sometimes gets under there....which is total BS. This is a common problem with the nozzle being to small and pressure will snap it.

 

[Shannon]

I think either the dealer or Jeep filled them with a fluid that has a high water content. Mine quit working. I put it in a heated garage for a day, then went to siphon off the fluid, and it was still frozen at the bottom. I poured hot water in and kept siphoning it off till the tank was empty. I then filled it with the purple washing fluid made for cold weather. No problems since then.

 

[TheRosser]

Well it just got fixed at the dealership. Was covered under warranty if anyone else has a problem too.

 

[Redealmaker]

Well it just got fixed at the dealership. Was covered under warranty if anyone else has a problem too.

I have the same problem and will be taking into the dealer next week. Thanks for the info.