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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 09:17 AM
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Wiper problem

On my way to work my wipers would ocasionally quit working on the low setting. High seems to be ok (it acted up briefly), but low only seems to work some of the time.

When they stop they stop back at the rest position (like they are not on)

Any ideas on what could be causing this, would it be the switch or the motor itself.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 11:59 AM
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I would try replacing the switch first, they are pretty cheap
 
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 12:03 PM
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switch

I went out at lunch and everything worked fine???!?!??!!
I would rather have thing just break......much easier to troubleshoot.

I think I have a spare switch in my garage, I will try that first when I get home.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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It'd be an idea to check your ground wires as well if this is an intermittent problem(no pun intended )
 
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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just a hunch,check your fuse,it might look ok,but if its not it would make the wipers act like they were just turned off.then the would return to their off position at the bottom of the window.im not sure,but its worth checking out.-billy
 
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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My intermittent wiper switch does that sometimes too, I just chalked it up to the switch being bad. My switch also goes round and round, without stopping.
 
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