Hi All,

I walked out to the '12 and found a puddle of washer fluid behind the front right wheel, and another in front of the rear right (My drive has a slight slope). I turned the car ON and got the "Low Washer Fluid" icon.

I obviously have a tank that is leaking, or the hose has come off the pump.

Has anyone tackled this job before? At a guess the front right wheel comes off and the wheel liner comes out and then it'll be a load of awkward bolts, swearing and blood loss!

TIA
wombat

 

There’s a rubber windshield fluid hose that runs by the front right wheel. You can get to it without removing the wheel or fender liner. If you partially remove the front portion of the wheel liner, you should see it. It’s right near the headlight.

There’s also a rubber fluid hose that runs underneath the cowel that feeds into the windshield wipers.

If you suspect that the tank is leaking, you’d have to take the fender liner off. You’ll see the tank against the fender. You can get to it without removing the wheel.

However, if you take off the wheel liner and fill up the tank, you’ll probably see exactly where the leak is coming from.

 

SOLVED!

I finally got some spare time to look into the problem!

I did take the wheel off (ABrice, you are correct, I didn't need to), but I took the opportunity to give everything behind the wheel a good check over.

Anyway, the problem was obvious once the wheel well liner had been peeled back. The washer fluid level sensor is held in place by rubber grommet, said grommet had rotted over time and washer fluid was leaking past it. I found a compatible grommet at my local hardware store and no more leaks!!

Total cost $0.97. No blood loss, no swearing, win-win!

wombat