1998 vw beetle, wipers stopped working, bolt at center of transmission was off. reconnected nut, reassembled and now wipers continue past stop position. Any idea? tyia

pull the arms off the shafts and cycle the wiper motor to the stop position . Replace the arms and tension the nuts.

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remove the wiper arms from the pivots
cycle the wipers through their travel to a park
install wiper arms back on in the parked position

Most wippers just pop the nuts free (unscrews them backwards when this happens). Life the cap over the nuts and tighten them with a wrench.

We have a 2000 Beetle. You have to remove 4 allan head bolts and remove the throttle body . Remove it from the large hose. This allows you to get to the alternator . Undo 3 bolts on the belt tensioner and remove that. Undo the electrical connections on the alternator. Undo 2 bolts holding the alternator on to the bracket and pry out. Here's where I just about had a meltdown, the alternator won't fit out past the body work. However remove the passenger side headlight. There is a plastic lever you slide all the way up and slide the headlight out. Remove the 3 torx head screws to remove the headlight cup and the alternator will come out no problem through the headlight hole.

you have two options one your relay is bad that is also you hazard switch replace that first the cheaper of the two fixes other one is the turn signal stalk itself is bad. that you might want to take to a shop

remove wipers. remove plastic covering by loosening plastic screws first. unplug wiper motor wires. there are about three 10mm nuts at the motor location and you also have to unscrew the big nuts that were below the wipers when you unscrewed them. replacement is reversal.

check your ground conections under the dash first. and if they look ok take them apart and clean them anyway, and if the problem is still not fixed look for what all of these systems have in common. i would suspect the grounds though its common on vw problems.

Sounds like a linkage (wiper transmission) problem. But, put an external ground wire to the wiper motor first and see if they work then.
Also many wipers have a fastening nut on the wiper arm where it attaches to the stub that goes through the body. These may have loosened and gone out of adjustment. If so, loosen them and re-position arms, then tighten them down.

There is a bolt that runs through the starter into the back of the car right in front of the bolwer of the engine. there should only be that one bolt. there is a regular nut on the end of the bolt. take the nut off and the bolt will come right on out.