What is the first thing to check when your windshield wiper fluid doesn't work(yes guys...I have checked if there was fluid in the reservoir)

Check the little hoses, the do get pluged some times. Any gunk in the bottle?

stuff to try. can you hear the washer pump working with some one holding the switch? no puddles from a broken hose? got a meter to see if you have voltage to pump when switched on? maybe switch feels different (broken)?

Is it completely dead, or does it just work very poorly? Do you have a shop manual yet?

Thanks for the advice I will check into it.

100 bucks says it's the pump. Look at the tank and you will see a black tubular thing sticking out of it with hoses attatched to it. This just twists out. If you don't have/can't find another one I have one I know works I will give you.

Mine went dead on my 84 fiero, so i just guessed thats what was wrong with it. I went to the junkyard and pulled one from a fiero, there is no screws holding it. Payed a couple of bucks and mine is back to normal.

Holy cow- you went to a junk yard for a washer motor? These are srandard GM issue...Autozone sells 'em for $8. And thyere held in by a grommet. 15 second repair...everything on this car should be that easy...like the dew wipes for instance.

have a similar problem to this, except one of my nozzles works but not the other, cleaned it out and it worked for a week or so then problem returned, any advice? did I not clean well enough,if not what is the best cleaning method

thanks

quote Originally posted by phillip: stuff to try. can you hear the washer pump working with some one holding the switch? no puddles from a broken hose? got a meter to see if you have voltage to pump when switched on? maybe switch feels different (broken)?

I have this problem too, my washer doesn't seem to work at all. When I press the switch I can't hear anything. I replaced the pump but I think the problem may be a lack of power. The under hood light doesn't work either, are they on the same circuit ? Is their something else on the same cicuit ?.
My car has lots of electrical problems. The power trunk release, oil pressure gauge, license plate lights and trunk lights all don't work either. A friend gave me a multimeter but how do I use it to test for power ? or if the wiring is broken ?