1997 850 rear wiper wiring break repair

[mikealder]

Quite often the copper strands break inside the insulation so give each individual wire a good tug where the wire bends at the tailgate hinge point.

One other issue I have seen is where multiple wires short out at the tailgate hinge point due to insulation break down, left unrepaired such a short circuit can cause wiring fires, I spent two days re-wiring a phase two V70 that had suffered extensive wiring failure (burnt cables) that started from the tailgate hinge point. In this instance the shorted cables had also managed to damage the CEM - If in any doubt give these wires a good inspection as they will fail at some future point - Mike