"Anecdotal Audi content" or WOW! a new topic

[Tony Hoffman]

I'd start by checking the fuses, if these two things died together. If they
stopped seperately, here's the wiper saga:
The wipers are more than likely the "gearbox" of sorts. check for power at
the motor. If power, pull the ECU cover, and box IIRC. Pull the wiper arms,
pull the bolts holding the whole wiper mechanism in place. When you get it
on the bench, there are two arms that pivot through their mounts, about 2"
long. These tend to lock in place. Heat them, spray with somthing (I use
water or PB). Do this several times, sort of in cycles. You should be able
to get them to move a bit. Take the clip off the bottom of each, remove
them, grease well, reassemble.

HTH

BTW, for now Rain-x is your friend ;-)

Tony

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:48 AM, <mxhowes at aol.com> wrote:

> People must be real sick of the Chris Sample thread because they jumped on
> this one with both feet. I won't ramble on about reliability issues with
> Audi's vs other brands. Just last night I started up the A4 and the
> windshield wipers didn't work, nor the headlights or turn-signals. My usual
> "release the steering wheel lock, pull in/out/up/down" didn't work. Now I
> have a daytime only, dry weather A4 in the garage, but I do have a GMC and
> a Honda which ironically, always run, though I would rather drive the A4
> (when I can).