Wipers and Washer dead
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Wipers and Washer dead
I took my truck to a local garage one morning to see if they could determine why my windshield wipers quit working. Since they were going to look into that I asked them to see if they could find out why the auto door locks quit working too. That evening I picked it up and drove away. I noticed that the auto door locks were working again and the wiper blades that were stuck at 12 O’clock were now back down in the normal position when off. The next morning I went out to the truck and turned the wipers on to clear the dew, they worked as expected. When I got off work that day I thought I’d clean the windshield off but when I pushed the washer button the wipers moved slowly to 12 O’clock and stopped. So I called the shop to let them know that the wipers didn’t work and to find out what the mechanic did to fix the auto door locks. The lady at the desk said he had to fix a broken wire and I needed to replace the wiper motor. I thought it was odd that she couldn’t tell me that they didn’t fix the wiper motor problem when I picked it up.
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Anyway, long story short I didn’t think much of the mechanic since he couldn’t even test the fix on the wipers. I asked around and one of my brothers suggested a mechanic friend.
1st time I took it in, "John" replaced the fuse and the wipers worked fine (for him). The next morning I pushed the button to get the washer fluid up and the same thing occurred.
2nd time, John replaced the wiper motor (motorcraft); same results.
3rd time, replace the wiper motor and control arm (motorcraft); again same results.
4th time, replaced the washer motor (motorcraft), washer fluid was finely hitting the windshield, the wipers were very sluggish though and after two or three times, ended with the same results.
5th time, replaced the washer motor switch, same results as above.
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The wipers continued to work every time after I took it in, but whenever I used the button, that’s when I had a failure.
John (the mechanic) suggested I go back to the first place I took it to see if the mechanic there could show me what wire he fixed; as my unfortunately luck continued, the whole staff had been replaced and couldn’t tell me where the mechanic went.
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Do you have any suggestions on where we could look next?
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1st time I took it in, "John" replaced the fuse and the wipers worked fine (for him). The next morning I pushed the button to get the washer fluid up and the same thing occurred.
2nd time, John replaced the wiper motor (motorcraft); same results.
3rd time, replace the wiper motor and control arm (motorcraft); again same results.
4th time, replaced the washer motor (motorcraft), washer fluid was finely hitting the windshield, the wipers were very sluggish though and after two or three times, ended with the same results.
5th time, replaced the washer motor switch, same results as above.
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></o>The wipers continued to work every time after I took it in, but whenever I used the button, that’s when I had a failure.
John (the mechanic) suggested I go back to the first place I took it to see if the mechanic there could show me what wire he fixed; as my unfortunately luck continued, the whole staff had been replaced and couldn’t tell me where the mechanic went.
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That sounds like something in the stalk. Just looking at the Diagnostic chart in the service guide and other than the two motors and circutry looks like the "multi-Function" switch is possible cause in most of the ailments in the chart. You might have a short in the switch that shorts when you try to pull for fluid. There is a fairly extensive connector pin test in the shop guide. So you CAN check the circuit/wiring. Shawn
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Thanks Shawn.
I'm meeting with the mechanic on Friday to see if we can find the "splice" the first mechanic put in there (to fix the auto door lock problem) so we can disconnect it. From there at least we'll know that it's not an attributing factor to troubleshooting the electrical on the wiper/washer motors.
Stay tuned...
I'm meeting with the mechanic on Friday to see if we can find the "splice" the first mechanic put in there (to fix the auto door lock problem) so we can disconnect it. From there at least we'll know that it's not an attributing factor to troubleshooting the electrical on the wiper/washer motors.
Stay tuned...
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