Help!!!! S13 rare wiper problem!!!

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Well they don't work. First motor is good (test it outside) and it has a new wiper switch in the steering, they also throw water (so there's electricity) and aparently the fuses are good anyone have an idea of what the problem might be? Thanks in advance!!!!


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Maybe the apparatus just separated from the motor. Has any of it been disassembled lately? You're in PR, so I doubt you stripped em out trying to wipe ice, but they could be stripped.

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I stripped everything. someone told me that there is a ecu for wipers? that i need to check that.They were working fine 3 years ago before stoping the car for mods.

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There is a little green box usually on the driver side of the bay towards the back. I no that controls the wiper speeds. Mine went out one day in a really bad storm and it was full of water. I changed it out and everything worked fine again.

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Well I will check that one but someone told me that it has one box in side the dash anyone knows about this???

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cracka400 wrote:There is a little green box usually on the driver side of the bay towards the back. I no that controls the wiper speeds. Mine went out one day in a really bad storm and it was full of water. I changed it out and everything worked fine again.
I found the green box but I don't have another one to test it. But I asked if this box is damage, would the rear wipers work? because mine work.

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This was done on my 98 and I don't have a rear wiper so I couldn't tell ya sorry.

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Thanks for the help. Anyone knows what could be the problem???

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Ground corrosion? at the wiper motor?

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did the arm connecting the motor to the wipers pop off? that happened to me once.

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Ground to the motor seems to be fine the connecting rod are ok too

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Bump!!!!!!!

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I changed the green box and now there is a clicking noise coming from the green box that before was not doing but no wiper movement yet.

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I found this info. please let me know what you think. The wiper amp is a green box next to the brake master cylinder. The TCU is near the underdash fusebox area. The wiper amp controls the autoreturn function. The TCU controls the time delay of the intermittent wipers.

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I found the problem the harness was broken on the baterry area I had a electromecanic coming home and fix it also the green box was out. now I had to order the right pivot and both rods from the wiper. But they work thanks to all that help me out!!!!


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