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10-17-2009, 11:15 PM
| | Novice | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pa.
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| |  Windshield wiper issue
Hello:
I put this out on the mid size jeep forum but I guess it would be applicaplile to my 87 YJ too.
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Hi:
I'm having a problem with the windshield wipers on my 88 XJ and I'm wondering if anyone has any adivice or had a similar issue.
At any given time the wipers will stop without warning. If I turn the switch off they will return to home position in around 8-10 seconds. Then they will work again. Sometimes they won't fail at all for days of rain and other times it will happen every few minutes.
When they do stop, wiggling the switch doesn't do anything, so I don't think it is a bad switch.
Also, it doesn't seem to relate to bumps in the road, but I haven't ruled out something shorting out.
My Haynes manual shows a circut breaker in the line, but I'm not knowlegable when it comes to auto electronics, so I don't know if it would reset itself if there was a short.
I'm thinking it could also be the motor or a relay, but I don't know, like I said, I'm a wrench guy.
The jeep has the simple 2 position switch without the intermittant controls.
Any advice?
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10-20-2009, 04:07 PM
|  | Can't Get Enough | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S. CA
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Does it matter what speed it's on?
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10-20-2009, 04:17 PM
| | Way Outta Control | | Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: The Palouse
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If it's not a ground issue, it's a bad motor assembly.
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