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Franklinstower
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 Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:25 am Post subject: Rear Wiper quit - fuse is good, ideas? |
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my rear wiper, and sprayer quit. I checked the fuse. its good. Possibly the relay? Would the sprayer quit too if the relay was bad? Kinda strange they both Stopped. I hadn't engaged the rear wiper since last spring, so I don't have an exact time or visual to go by.
My electric mirror adjustment quit too, but I don't think they are related.
Paul
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metropoj
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I would probably check that power is getting to the + and - at the wiper motor and then work my way back to the front so to speak.
Check power at the washer pump too. |
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Love My Westy
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| Did you have a bike rack or anything on the back window that could impede the wiper from moving. Mine died a long time ago because it accidently got turned on while I was hauling bikes back there. It burned the motor up. I have talked to others this has happened to also. |
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Franklinstower
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Love My Westy wrote: |
| Did you have a bike rack or anything on the back window that could impede the wiper from moving. Mine died a long time ago because it accidently got turned on while I was hauling bikes back there. It burned the motor up. I have talked to others this has happened to also. |
Well now. I did have a rack on there we went camping this summer, and I thought of that situation - don't accidentally hit the wiper switch! But you never what goes down when the wife gets behind the wheel.....
I'll check the motor.
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DLJ
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:45 am Post subject: wiper arm |
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Just finished fixing mine. Start at the motor and check for power. If you have power at the wire connections, then your wiper motor is most likely burned out. (you can also put power directly to the motor, be careful to energize the correct motor wires)
If there is no power to the rear the next thing I would check is the switch on the steering wheel housing. That where I found my trouble. |
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GreggK
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| I just had similar problems with my front and rear washers. turned out to be my ground connections behind fuse box. Both of my mirrors stopped working within 3 days of each other. I found my wires broken inside the rubber sheath where the doors hinge. one was also a ground wire. |
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mackaymanx
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| Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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This is what stopped mine
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jetpoweredmonkey
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Back up a step - mine recently quit too. I removed the steering column cover and sprayed the contacts at the base of the wiper stalk with Deoxit. Fixed!
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teej
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| Love My Westy wrote: |
| Did you have a bike rack or anything on the back window that could impede the wiper from moving. Mine died a long time ago because it accidently got turned on while I was hauling bikes back there. It burned the motor up. I have talked to others this has happened to also. |
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Zeitgeist 13
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Check the wires in the bellows between the body and hatch. Mine are starting to crack
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