Posted by Steve on October 27, 1998 at 15:47:25:
In Reply to: Re: Wiper control or motor? posted by jc neal on October 27, 1998 at 15:43:02:
: : Last winter I tried turning on the wipers to clear about an inch
: : of snow off the windshield - stupid idea. Something gave out, and
: : since then I have no slow speed and the wipers just stop wherever
: : I turn them off - they don't automatically return to the bottom of
: : the windshield. I bought a replacement wiper switch, but the more
: : I think about it, the more I suspect it is something in the wiper
: : motor unit. Can anyone point me to the right place? If it is something
: : in the motor unit, can it be repaired?
: : Thanks again,
: : Steve
: : i have the same problem only my low speed works. they just stop whenever you turn the switch
Thanks for the sympathy! I have a replacement switch so I'm going to go ahead
and install it, and I'll let you know if that fixes it (might be a few days before
I can get to it). But my thinking is that the switch does not know the position of
the wipers when they're on, so turning the switch off must just signal something in
the motor unit to stop the blades at the "home" position. If that's correct, then
replacing the switch won't do anything but give me a shinier dash!