how do I fix this?

LxMustangRacer · 09-15-2003, 10:31 PM

My windshield washer switch has been tempermental for the last year. Needed to be messed with to get the delay to work, sometimes the delay wouldn't work at all. Now I find that they don't come on at all. However, if I press it in fluid sprays and it turns on for three passes. Do I need a new switch? How do I get my wipers back?

88workcar · 09-16-2003, 05:01 AM

I had to change the motor itself on mine, it was not a bad job. If you are unsure of where the problem is, put it in the shop, it will cost less than changing parts till it works right.

USMC302 · 09-16-2003, 02:39 PM

if the wipers activate everytime you use the spray then it sounds like the motor is ok, replace the switch, or look for cracked or burnt wires around the motor that could be interrupting the signal, I have seen many cars with new wiper switches without having to actually change one myself, so it must be common...

09-15-2003, 10:31 PM	#1
LxMustangRacer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Allendale, Mi Posts: 137	how do I fix this? My windshield washer switch has been tempermental for the last year. Needed to be messed with to get the delay to work, sometimes the delay wouldn't work at all. Now I find that they don't come on at all. However, if I press it in fluid sprays and it turns on for three passes. Do I need a new switch? How do I get my wipers back? __________________ 1994 Mustang GT Convertible

09-16-2003, 05:01 AM	#2
88workcar Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Pierre Part, La. U.S.A. Posts: 1,850	I had to change the motor itself on mine, it was not a bad job. If you are unsure of where the problem is, put it in the shop, it will cost less than changing parts till it works right. __________________ 88workcar 1988 Mustang LX 342. 417rwhp @ 6800. 28 X 10 ET Drag, 4.30s, 10.69 @ 126.43 1.42 60ft. 11.13 @ 127.7 on BFGs 1.72 60ft Rice Hater # 42 To be old and wise, You must first be young and stupid I'm somewhere in tthe middle.

09-16-2003, 02:39 PM	#3
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	if the wipers activate everytime you use the spray then it sounds like the motor is ok, replace the switch, or look for cracked or burnt wires around the motor that could be interrupting the signal, I have seen many cars with new wiper switches without having to actually change one myself, so it must be common... __________________