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Windshield Wiper Woes

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Old 04-30-2009, 05:17 PM
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Had the same problems with mine, checked the motor--it was fine. There are 2 relays in the power dist box under the hood (relay box). These BOTH have to be changed, swap them with 2 of the others-----problem solved
 
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Old 04-30-2009, 11:04 PM
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mine have done it a few times but it only seems to happen when it is raining and i turn them on.....
 
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Originally Posted by Gone Fishin
Had the same problems with mine, checked the motor--it was fine. There are 2 relays in the power dist box under the hood (relay box). These BOTH have to be changed, swap them with 2 of the others-----problem solved
Do you remember which ones??
 
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Old 05-01-2009, 05:20 PM
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off the top of my head---no, it was a while back. I'll look after it quits raining----

update----relays #55 & #60
 

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Old 05-01-2009, 06:44 PM
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Thank you Gone Fishin

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hmm. That's interesting. If they replaced all those parts, it SHOULD be working right. They covered everything that has to do with the wipers

I agree it should..but it dosent. The TSB was to replace some module which they allegedly did.....
Try searching.. Im pretty sure it was on here .. there was a TSB for the third gen wiper motor assemblies.. something about the vented casing or something.. I cant remember 100%
You know what's sad? A few guys on a Dodge forum did a little research and fixed a known issue that Chrysler's own dealers don't have a clue!!!!
 
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Old 05-01-2009, 07:14 PM
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lol the car is not related but my wifes beemer started this a couple days back and the fockin wiper stays dead center in the way of view lol
 
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Old 05-04-2009, 10:25 PM
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Anyone have theirs just go for no reason? Mine are all jacked up and even had it in under warranty a couple times and their solution was to change the multi stick but that didn't fix the issue. Now I just live with it.
 
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Old 05-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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My 06 has the exact same symptoms. I will try the relay trick.

Thanks
 
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Old 05-05-2009, 04:30 PM
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Guys,

The relays set up the full time low and high speed, they also setup the delay. If you look closley at the wiring diagrams, the normally closed side of the relays sets up the "park" condition signal to the computer to tell the relays to both open the connection. It is the N/C condition that is lost, which is why they don't stop when they should, or "run for no reason" when they're turned off. Took me a while to figure it out---and yes I had the whole front cowl off and checked out the wiper motor and the "sweep" box that connected to the motor. More often than not----its the relays screwing up the signal to the computer
 
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Old 05-08-2009, 10:00 PM
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I replaced both of the relays..at 21 bucks a pop. didn't fix the problem..any more ideas?
 

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