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Wiper Problems on a 98 - 5/6/2008 7:49:39 PM

wbetheajr

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I live next door to an elderly lady who not to long ago lost her husband and I try to help her out when I can. The other day she came home and her wnidshield wipers had stopped about halfway and wouldn't turn off or on. I went down to check them the next day and when I turned on the switch the wipers returned back to their normal off position. I turned them on and they worked on intermittent and on hi but they wouldn't work on low. After they work on hi for a few minutes they just stop. Has anyone else had this problem. She is on a fixed income and can't afford to take it to a dealership and I don't know whether to change a switch, a relay, or the motor.

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RE: Wiper Problems on a 98 - 5/7/2008 3:25:08 PM

shawnvw

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First thing you should do is check the ground for the motor. There is a processor built into, and if the ground isn't solid, can cause all sorts of goofy things. If that doesn't help, d\c the motor, and using a multimeter, measure resistance between the yellow and gray wires, while running the switch through the motions. You should get between 39-680ohms in the pulse setting, and 0ohms or close to it in the low and high setting. If the readings are out, then you have a bad switch
If the readings are good, then you'll be look at the circuit board on the wiper motor

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