Windshield washers

[Zippo910]

It started to rain today so I turned on my windshield washers and they worked fine. When I went to turn them off they go down then come up and stop in the middle of the windshield. I tried turning everything with the windshield lever thinking I hit something by mistake but every time they just stop in the up position perfectly straight. How do i fix this??

[thenuge876]

I am not sure how to fix this, but my car does something similar where i go to turn them off and they just keep going on one setting and i cant get them off. Usually if I turn the car off for a little while, with the windshield wipers in the off position then put the key in the accessary position they go back down. But if saomeone else could shed some light on thi problem that would be great.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Believe it or not it is a bad motor. The motor has a sensor in it to know when it at the home position. When it goes bad, it doesn't know when to stop. I know 2 guys that have had this problem and it was hilarious to ride with them before they fixed it. You'd be driving down the road and all of a sudden the wipers would start by themselves and you couldn't get them to turn off. It would be a nice sunny day and he'd be driving down the road with the wipers going. Totally embarrassing.

[Zippo910]

mine turns on fine and stops fine but its just stops in the up postion. it looks like the ricers who put the 1 windshiled in the middle of the window. it blocks my vision when im trying to drive.

[TruckMuddr]

Mines all messed up also. I won't go "home" after I turn them off they just sit in the "rest" position and I only have high speed, which sometime acts like it binds coming out of the "rest" position and is real slow to start. If I try any other speed to will freeze in the "rest" position and not do anything, but if I hit the washer fluild if will go back and forth twice "low speed" without a problem. Florida in the summer with wipers with a mind of their own isn't fun at all.

Advance Auto has it for $70 and a $25 core. So looks like I'm gonna have to pick one up before I hurt myself.

Also, on a side note. anyone that is gonna remove ther wipers, you need a puller, I found out the hard way and cracked my windsheild but thats another story for another day.

[Zippo910]

when i turn mine off they dont sit in the 'rest' its sits in the middle of the window. i can push them down but as soon as you turn the key they go to the middle of the window and stop. only thing i know of to do is pull the fuse and push them down. just have to put it back it when it rains.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

when i turn mine off they dont sit in the 'rest' its sits in the middle of the window. i can push them down but as soon as you turn the key they go to the middle of the window and stop. only thing i know of to do is pull the fuse and push them down. just have to put it back it when it rains.

I'm telling ya it's the motor.

[Zippo910]

ok ill see about the motor just seems weird when it still works just dosnt stop in the right spot.

[Intruder]

Yep the motor

The motor has a component called a "pulse board" which is the brain. Used to be you could replace just the pulse board, but now the board is built in to the motor. I know about this one, I have replaced two. The both "parked" in the up position.

[Zippo910]

Since this post was brought back up, ill give an update. I replaced the motor a while back and Jeff was right it fixed the problem.

[Blazer]

Boy that Jeff guy is smart for a down south good ol boy.
Blazer

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Boy that Jeff guy is smart for a down south good ol boy.
Blazer

LOL

[diamondjimtwo]

This condition occurs a lot when the wipers are froze to the windshield. When the wipers are turned on while frozen, it actually bends the "park tab" that the motor gear usually rests on while turned off. When that is bent, the gear can't find "home" or "park" and they end up parking midway through the wipers sweep. I have had cases where the tab could be bent back to the original position and the wipers were fine. It not, then yes, the motor must be replaced.