peugeot 207 washer freezing

[Fearless]

My wife has a 207 and during this cold spell the fuse for the windscreen washer has blown 2 times I have spoken to the salesman who sold her the car and he said this is normal to protect the motor. I have never had this happen to any car I have owned it
just stops working and when it thaws it starts again. are we being told some porkies?It is a driving istructor car and a test could be failed if it is not working.

[megamaniac]

Absolutely normal,much easier to change a fuse(and a darn sight cheaper) than fitting a new pump .
Fuse 14 ,10A micro fuse, engine bay fuse box on just about every PSA vehicle,i must have changed 2 or three a day in the run up to christmas.
Try putting more screenwash in,i'm filling with 50% concentrate at the moment.

[Fearless]

Thanks for reply and I see your point BUT I have owned many cars over the last 40 years and never had a fuse go or a motor burn out it simply stops working and starts again when it thaws Phil.

[JamesNotJim]

Fearless said:

Thanks for reply and I see your point BUT I have owned many cars over the last 40 years and never had a fuse go or a motor burn out it simply stops working and starts again when it thaws Phil.

What does that tell you? Fiver says HID's was sat holding the wash wipe on hoping that the motoring gods would unblock the pipes.

I've had a 207 and not once in two years did it blow a fuse. But I didn't crank on frozen washer jets.

Also top lurking! 11 posts in 58months

Edited by JamesNotJim on Thursday 30th December 14:48

[Devil's Advocate]

I think we all understand that a fuse is there to protect the motor, but it is highly unusual for a frozen washer motor to cause the fuse to blow. If it is indeed a case of HID "getting it wrong" then presumably Mrs Fearless will have been having this problem for the last few decades because, but I gather she hasn't. I'm not convinced that the fuse blowing could be considered "normal". How does one know if the washer bottle is frozen? You try it and if it is you blow a fuse then have to dick about in the cold/ dark to replace the fuse to try again a little later on only to repeat the process presumably numerous times. Neither normal, nor acceptable! I'd recommend talking to Peugeot head office rather the bloke who's more interested in making his next sale than dealing properly with your issues.

JamesNotJim said:

Also top lurking! 11 posts in 58months

What?!?! Presumably Fearless has been too busy enjoying the contents of his garage instead of posting on PH, whereas Jamesnotjim doesn't even have a car (or at least not one worthy of laying claim to)

[robsco]

I work for Peugeot/Citroen, all I could advise is that you carry at least half a dozen 10A fuses for the winter period. It does seem to happen frequently; all the demos have done it (mine excluded), most of the pitch cars, and customers are flooding in. It was exactly the same last time it got cold. Most of the time it's people holding the washers on constantly when it's blatantly clear they've frozen.

ETA - That's not to say that its acceptable. I've never experienced this with anything non PSA either.

Edited by robsco on Sunday 2nd January 21:19