My rear window washer stopped working one day. I thought for sure the sprayer got the washer fluid from the reservoir in the front of the car. But my front washer works fine.

1. Is there a separate reservoir for the rear sprayer?
2. Anyone know why it would just stop? I don't think its frozen.

Originally posted by Kuth678
1. Is there a separate reservoir for the rear sprayer?
2. Anyone know why it would just stop? I don't think its frozen.

It definitely gets fluid from the front resevoir (look at the front of the tank and you will see the two pumps)

Sometimes if I haven't used it in a while, the line empties out or something and it takes a 5 or 10 seconds for the washer to start spraying fluid... I am not sure where the line goes, but it could be frozen... (in older Legacies, the rear wiper line ran along the floor next to the brake lines) - you could try pulling the line from the pump and seeing if the pump itself is still working, too...

I'm an idiot. After my washer fluid ran out yesterday I figured out why the back one quit.

When I went to fill the washer fluid up again I noticed two motors hanging off it. One for the front and one for the back.

The one that must have been for the back is slightly higher than the one for the front. So when the fluid gets low enough the back stops working first. Then after all the fluid is gone the front stops working.

Hopefully I'm the only idiot out there who didn't figure this out the first time.

Originally posted by Kuth678
Hopefully I'm the only idiot out there who didn't figure this out the first time.

I had the same problem yesterday

Originally posted by copytech
I had the same problem yesterday

heh, you have the same car as me. What does that say about Blue 04 TS owners? :)