S MAX - weird electrics issue with the wipers

[Lovey1]

I have a 2009 TDCi 2.0 SMAX that i have owned from new and its been faultless....until this morning. Driving to work and the lights went out for a short distance then came back on only to go off again a few minutes later. Switched the car off and that seemed to go away. However the wipers now come on automatically as i speed up and are speed sensitive, only stopping when i stop. left the car for a few hours and went for another drive but the wiper issue persists. Anybody had this one before?

[Podie]

How old is the battery? Most Ford electrical gremlins seem to point to an old / dying battery.

[Lovey1]

Podie said:

How old is the battery? Most Ford electrical gremlins seem to point to an old / dying battery.

Its about 5 years so not silly. However doesn't get a huge amount of use so I will take a look there. Thanks.

[Howard-]

Podie said:

How old is the battery? Most Ford electrical gremlins seem to point to an old / dying battery.

This. A new battery on my old Mondeo cured a few random peculiarities.

[Lovey1]

Howard- said:

Podie said:

How old is the battery? Most Ford electrical gremlins seem to point to an old / dying battery.

This. A new battery on my old Mondeo cured a few random peculiarities.

Thanks. Tried a new battery. unfortunately turned out to be a Body Control module (BCM) so not a cheap fix! Hunting a round the forums its a fairly common issue.

Thanks all for your input

[Podie]

Lovey1 said:

Howard- said:

Podie said:

How old is the battery? Most Ford electrical gremlins seem to point to an old / dying battery.

This. A new battery on my old Mondeo cured a few random peculiarities.

Thanks. Tried a new battery. unfortunately turned out to be a Body Control module (BCM) so not a cheap fix! Hunting a round the forums its a fairly common issue.

Thanks all for your input

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