Wiper blades won't go off...
08-31-2007, 09:40 PM
#1
Race Car
Thread Starter
Wiper blades won't go off...
All of the sudden, my wiper blades won't go off, they just keep going and going until I shut the car off.
All the 3 speeds work, but the off position keeps the blades working at slow speed. Also, if I move the stalk to the intermittent position, the blades continue working on low speed regardless of what I set the intermittent dial to.
The only way to stop them is to time shutting the car off when they are at their lowest point. If the stalk is in the off position when I start the car again, the blades will stay put, but if I operate them again, they'll continue running until I shut the car off again.
Does it sound like a stalk issue or a bad relay? besides buying a new relay to test, is there another way to isolate the cause?
All the 3 speeds work, but the off position keeps the blades working at slow speed. Also, if I move the stalk to the intermittent position, the blades continue working on low speed regardless of what I set the intermittent dial to.
The only way to stop them is to time shutting the car off when they are at their lowest point. If the stalk is in the off position when I start the car again, the blades will stay put, but if I operate them again, they'll continue running until I shut the car off again.
Does it sound like a stalk issue or a bad relay? besides buying a new relay to test, is there another way to isolate the cause?
08-31-2007, 10:47 PM
#2
Drifting
All of the sudden, my wiper blades won't go off, they just keep going and going until I shut the car off.
All the 3 speeds work, but the off position keeps the blades working at slow speed. Also, if I move the stalk to the intermittent position, the blades continue working on low speed regardless of what I set the intermittent dial to.
The only way to stop them is to time shutting the car off when they are at their lowest point. If the stalk is in the off position when I start the car again, the blades will stay put, but if I operate them again, they'll continue running until I shut the car off again.
Does it sound like a stalk issue or a bad relay? besides buying a new relay to test, is there another way to isolate the cause?
All the 3 speeds work, but the off position keeps the blades working at slow speed. Also, if I move the stalk to the intermittent position, the blades continue working on low speed regardless of what I set the intermittent dial to.
The only way to stop them is to time shutting the car off when they are at their lowest point. If the stalk is in the off position when I start the car again, the blades will stay put, but if I operate them again, they'll continue running until I shut the car off again.
Does it sound like a stalk issue or a bad relay? besides buying a new relay to test, is there another way to isolate the cause?
08-31-2007, 10:56 PM
#3
Drifting
Streather book indicates it's R42 but does not indicate if R42 is the same relay as one the other ones so you can swap it out. You can probably look at the relays and find R42 and then just visibly determine if one or more of the other ones looks the same??? You can take a piece of insulated wire and make a fused relay tester and then jump circuit pins under the relay to test the circuit. Harder to explain than it is to do it though.
08-31-2007, 11:31 PM
#4
Rennlist Member
You can pull the relay and still operate the wipers with the stalk control .... that will indicate whether the relay is the issue or not: if they continue to run with the relay absent, the issue is likely in the stalk control.
( the relay pulled is the state in which we leave things to manually park the wipers on the right side vs. the left for LHD cars .... but the intermittant function is sacrificed in this mode)
( the relay pulled is the state in which we leave things to manually park the wipers on the right side vs. the left for LHD cars .... but the intermittant function is sacrificed in this mode)
09-01-2007, 02:50 PM
#5
Race Car
Thread Starter
Thanks guys!
That gives me something to try. I'll pull R42 and see if the wipers stop and I loose the intermitent function.
If pulling the relay does the opposite of what it's doing now, the most likely it's just the relay and not the stalk - I'm hoping anyways.
That gives me something to try. I'll pull R42 and see if the wipers stop and I loose the intermitent function.
If pulling the relay does the opposite of what it's doing now, the most likely it's just the relay and not the stalk - I'm hoping anyways.
