VXR8 intermittent -intermittent wipers

[MatrixXXx]

Hi all, hope you are all recovering from Christmas.

I have tried searching but it doest seem to work.

my intermittent wipers work intermittently, the symptoms are:
not working
working constantly
parking anywhere when you turn off
randomly working ( when switched on)

from searching the internet is seems it could be the contacts in the motor that tells the control relays its position, and it needs to have its contacts cleaned and re-greased.

any comments would be appreciated.

[the_ferret82]

that is an odd one.. it could be the relay playing up.

[MatrixXXx]

normally when a relay fails its permanent, it could be a bad connection where it plugs in, but im sure a read somewhere about it being a "Known Problem"

i found a good thread here from a Dodge form, these are GM wiper motors so they could be the same?
http://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen-ram-tech/33685...

[MatrixXXx]

Further to this,

My wipers stopped altogether on route from York to Liverpool, I had to turn off on Sadelworth moor in thick fog.

I managed to get them going by moving the wiper with the power on, and left them on till I got home.

I then stripped down the motor to find as I suspected the contacts were contaminated on the park slip ring contact, there was evidence of water ingress or condensation. I cleaned off the grease and cleaned the rings and contacts, and put silicone around the gasket and reassembled , it now works as new. saved my self£220.00.

[MatrixXXx]

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[Gary H 2008]

That's really good to know - and thanks for taking the effort to share your findings

[ARAF]

Worth putting on the Faceache site?

[MatrixXXx]

I have more pics and could do a more detailed description of any one is interested ?

[Gary H 2008]

Please - would be great to do a How-to for the FB page

Drop me a mail and we'll sort it out if thats OK

[mattcov]

thread resurrection time! Was there ever a detailed description of this before I try and take it apart...

Ta
Matt