Wipers only work on high setting. Help!

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Feb 26, 2007 | 05:29 PM

fmrplt

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Wipers only work on high setting. Help!

I've been working this problem now for several days to no avail. My wipers will work on the highest setting. Not intermittent or slow. I've tried changing the handle, same problem. I changed the motor, same problem. I had put my old handle back in after the new ones (I tried two) didn't work. I can hear the motor switch activate when I turn the switch handle. What else is there?

I have a 96 Explorer XLT with 4.0

Feb 26, 2007 | 06:44 PM

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Wiper hi/lo relay?

Feb 27, 2007 | 10:22 AM

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I swapped the hi/low and the wiper run relays. It started working but not totally. So one of them is bad. At least I'm heading in the right direction. Thanks people.

Feb 27, 2007 | 01:16 PM

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I swapped the hi/low and the wiper run relays. It started working but not totally.

Good idea! See ya.

Feb 27, 2007 | 04:32 PM

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I went around to several different auto stores to see if I could find a suitable sub for my relay. None to be had by anybody. So I got to looking in the book and under the hood. The horn relay is the exact same. I switch the park/run relay (sense that was the one that wasn't working properly now) with the horn relay. Everything is working including the horn! I don't understand but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth either. I even went out an hour later and tried it again just to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me and it's still working. YEA!!!!!!