Sounds like you have a faulty ground circuit. When you hold the light switch on, you are closing a circuit and wipers and climate circuits can now complete a circuit and will work. Check underneath the battery tray for corroded grounds. First try removing the nuts and cables, cleaning them up with sandpaper, apply some di-electric grease and re-torque the nuts. This is a very common issues with earlier model volkswagens.
Let me know how it goes!
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 AT 10:09 AM