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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 02:29 PM
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when i turn on my wipers and use the INT delay, the wiper arms goes crazy, it skips and jumps. what could be causeing this problem. if i dont use the delay it works fine
Old Feb 22, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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I had that happen shortly after I got my car and the problem just went away. On a seperate ocasion I did find that one of the nuts that holds the wiper arm on was loose and it looked like it was being eratic, went away after tightening. (pop the cover off and tighten it down (do this with the wipers in the down position)
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Originally Posted by mremer
I had that happen shortly after I got my car and the problem just went away. On a seperate ocasion I did find that one of the nuts that holds the wiper arm on was loose and it looked like it was being eratic, went away after tightening. (pop the cover off and tighten it down (do this with the wipers in the down position)
ill do that thanks
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mine does that all the time epseically when it'* cold. and sometimes it gets stuck in place and stays there. kinda pisses me off.
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Originally Posted by jayare627
mine does that all the time epseically when it'* cold. and sometimes it gets stuck in place and stays there. kinda pisses me off.
did you ever try to find out whats wrong? maybe we have the same problem
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nope it still does it, i find it very annoying but have yet to do something about it because it doesn't happen ALL the time. I should check it out though. I was leaning towards the wiper motor because of the way it catches and jump and then sometimes just stops working in one spot, but i'm not sure.
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Mine does the same thing, only when it is below 40 degrees though. Not sure what it could be...

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Originally Posted by The Josh
Mine does the same thing, only when it is below 40 degrees though. Not sure what it could be...

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well im stilll going to check to see if the nut holding the arm might be loose, but i highly doubt thats causing the problem, since my car is still under warrenty, im going to get it check out becasue i use the delay feature alot and it drives me crazy how it jumps around all the time
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I'm having the same prob. It does seem to be worse when its below 40 degres.
I thought maybe the rubber on the wiper arm is getting dry, but that dont seem to be it. Could it be something wrong with the intermittent control??

If yall figure it out let me know


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Did anybody ever figure out what was causing this problem? I had the exact same thing happen on the way to work this morning and it was very irritating...

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