1995 960 Sedan Washer Fluid Level Light

CSDentonTX · Post by **CSDentonTX** » 19 Dec 2025, 08:43

Washer fluid light came on this morning. I topped off fluid, but light still on.

Do these things ever get stuck? Has it likely just failed?

I cannot find on any of the usual sites. Is this part close enough to others that are available at IPD and the like but maybe I can frankenstein the new sensor with my old plug and splice them together? Can you use a universal part?

If everything else fails, how can I just get the light to stay off?

Post by **matthew1** » 19 Dec 2025, 09:57

Did you try unplugging/plugging its connector?

CSDentonTX · Post by **CSDentonTX** » 19 Dec 2025, 10:02

> Did you try unplugging/plugging its connector?

Not yet. Haven't even started digging into it. Just started this morning. Got some winter washer fluid and filled it up, still lit. My first thought is to remove it, tap it a bit and stick it back in. Also disconnect and spray with contact cleaner. Right now, I haven't even gone under there to look at it. I suspect it's not as accessible as the coolant level sensor.

Post by **matthew1** » 19 Dec 2025, 10:23

Yea, it looks like you need to remove the airbox to get near it. It's hard to find info on this. Not much out there. I can't say if it's an underneath procedure, or a remove-air box then sideways access procedure.

CSDentonTX · Post by **CSDentonTX** » 02 Jan 2026, 15:05

OK, so I had a look at it over the weekend, and I can see right down to it, I think. Technically, I don't think you have to remove the airbox, if you can just reach down there. The sensor, unlike the coolant sensor that comes in from the bottom, goes in from the top. There is a wire harness of some sort that has a connector that leads to the other connector into the sensor. Both of those should probably be taken apart to check the connection. Of course they are both made of plastic and hard to reach. I did press them together with no change in the indicator light. The next step seems to be to pull them apart, but this makes me anxious due to the age of the plastic (30 years), but I guess it can't get worse that having the light on.

The connectors are about the length of my arms away, and getting two hands in there will prove challenging, but I guess that's what is next.