Go to turn the wipers on, and nothing, however, the rear one works, and the front washers.
If you stop the car take the keys out and wait for about 1-2 mins then try again they work!
This exact problem happened my car, left the car to an Auto electrician and he was left scratching his head-this was prior to finding this post, as I didn't know it was a common occurrence! The electrician suggested that it could be the motor, so I decided to search the forum and very luckily found this post.
I phoned the audi helpline and they were more than helpful, they said that my car currently had an outstanding recall of the wiper motor. I was extremely relieved and told to go to the local audi dealership, where they will have a record of this and carry out the recall, free of charge.
In Northern Ireland, we have only have ONE audi dealer, Isaac Agnew, who know their monopoly position and exploit this through high prices and extremely arrogant staff. But I headed there anyway, as the helpline assured me that I had a recall that had to be carried out on my car.
Eventually got speaking to a service guy and was told that he has absolutely no record of my car requiring a wiper motor replacement under warranty at all, he showed me the computer screen and said that this was the same screen that the helpline use, and there was only one prior recall that had been carried out for the fan. I questioned this, as the helpline told me to head to the dealer to get it sorted.
The service guy then proceeded to turn arrogant and belittle me, probably because I am female, and say that because there was no mention of the wiper motor recall on screen, that he could do sod all about it.
As the helpline system was down, the service guy had no luck in tracing this recall, so I had to leave Agnew's, feeling exasperated and belittled.
Got through to the helpline tonight and another guy confirmed that my car has the outstanding recall for the wiper motor. I dunno if this was a breakdown of communication between helpline and dealer, but my wipers work once in a blue moon and it's ******* down!
The helpline said they will get Agnew's to phone me...Fingers crossed this "recall" issue is resolved. Free of charge.
Jen