2000 Caravan- the intermittant wipers on my van are going nuts- usually when the weather is colder. They will go three or four times when I switch to intermitant, or will just go all the time, or stop in any position when switched off. Mostly just an annoyance. Any ideas? Thanks! Dave

 

Welcome to We Got Gremlins in the system and fear not you are not alone. It is probably somewhere beetween the multi-function switch and the wiper motor (full of gunk) and I vote for the switch, but no guarantee.

 

I think I might try looking at the motor first and cleaning (Is that what you are saying?) before I resort to a new switch. My U Pull it junkyard has a pile of 2nd gen Caravans guess if I want to try a switch I could. Thanks! Dave

 

Yes, pull the motor and clean out the crud and see if that helps (it is the least expensive fix). I did this twice and it worked for a short while, then I bit the bullet and bought a new multi-function switch and it has been good for over one year.

 

Good- I'll try it. I cringe at the thought of buying a NEW switch, if a cleanout dosent do it, probably just put up with it till we move on, after all it's 10 years old now and we've been putting up with this for at least 4 years now...THANKS! Dave

 

If the wipers don't park when you turn them off it is usually the motor. The park switch in the motor isn't making contact so when the switch takes the power away, they just stop instead of parking.