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Starlet , wipers stop in upright position.

  • 06-01-2011 6:16pm
    #1
    The Muppet
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    Friend of mind has 98 Starlet and since the snow her wipers stop in the upright position. apart from this they appear to be working fine. I suspect a relay problem, any ideas?


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  • #2
    Plug
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    Anyone here with autodata, maybe they could put up a wiring diagram? I don't have autodata but maybe someone on boards can help me. Hint hint pm me please:)


  • #3
    crosshair1
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    Surely this is a case of either a slipped arm on the wiper motor, or the park switch in the motor itself (less likely)??
    I cant see what wiring problem could cause these symptoms.


  • #4
    cormac_byrne
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    wouldn't broken park switch cause it to stop immediately rather than always going to vertical. slipped arm/gear seems most likely, and probably caused by trying to operate wipers when they were stuck to the windscreen due to snow/ice.


  • #5
    The Muppet
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    crosshair1 wrote: »
    Surely this is a case of either a slipped arm on the wiper motor, or the park switch in the motor itself (less likely)??
    I cant see what wiring problem could cause these symptoms.


    When the wipers are turned on they go down to the bottom of the windshield and the up again, if it were a slipped arm would they not go the opposite way when turned on?


  • #6
    Avns1s
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    Sounds to me like the arm has slipped on the motor. That would cause the symptoms you describe if it moved through approx 180 degrees through the wipers being in the up position, frozen and the wiper motor completing its arc to the parked position.

    THis is where I would start looking anyway.

    Plenty of broken linkages after the recent cold spell!!!


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  • #7
    Plug
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    The Muppet wrote: »
    Friend of mind has 98 Starlet and since the snow her wipers stop in the upright position. apart from this they appear to be working fine. I suspect a relay problem, any ideas?
    Do you know when the drivers wiper is at its highest during the wipe, is it nearly coming off the window?


  • #8
    The Muppet
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    Plug wrote: »
    Do you know when the drivers wiper is at its highest during the wipe, is it nearly coming off the window?

    No when you turn off the wipers it's not nearly comining of the window, it stops at the top of the normal wiper stroke if you know what I mean.
    Avns1s wrote: »
    Sounds to me like the arm has slipped on the motor. That would cause the symptoms you describe if it moved through approx 180 degrees through the wipers being in the up position, frozen and the wiper motor completing its arc to the parked position.

    THis is where I would start looking anyway.

    Plenty of broken linkages after the recent cold spell!!!

    Thanks a lot this appears to be the general consensus here so I will start there when I next get a look at the car.

    Cheers


  • #9
    Plug
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    The Muppet wrote: »
    No when you turn off the wipers it's not nearly comining of the window, it stops at the top of the normal wiper stroke if you know what I mean.



    Thanks a lot this appears to be the general consensus here so I will start there when I next get a look at the car.

    Cheers
    I wouldn't think the arm has slipped on the motor then. It could be the little cam in the motor or a wiring problem. It depends how it works. A lot of car wipers are controlled by an ECU.


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