hi to all-INTERMITENT WIPER PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!

[gingergit57]

HI TO ALL I HAVE A 2007 FORD FIESTA AND AS THE WEATHER HAS TURNED I HAVE NOTICED MY INTERMITTENT WIPER DOES NOT WORK.
DONT KNOW IF THERES A FUSE OR FIX,ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED

 

[Handy Andy]

...(The below is to help guide you...we presume you've checked your fuses and that the wipers do work, only the intermittent function is not doing it's job)......

Do you have the Wiper switch that has the "roller" or a multi-point switch that controls the time between wipes on the switch arm or on the Dash?

If it's on the Arm, you may have a bad switch - not the switch itself but the electronics in it that handle that pause.

That timer may be bad - the intermittent function needs to be able to know which level of time - so it uses a rheostat (potentiometer or variable resistor) in that arm that the "roller" or even the muti-point setting - these work to change your intermittent wipe times.

This communicates back to the wiper motor - which once one wipe is done - the thing is supposed to "park" until the timer tells - bumps it off-park to force the motor to cycle to move the wipers for a small length of time until the pause pulse has elapsed and the motor it left to think it needs to park itself and completes the cycle.

So if the other settings on that arm work, then the issue is with the switch - the rheostat is dirty and you'll need to take apart that switch to get at it - it's possible and it's SMD (meaning the technology is unique but common) and the composite used to make it variable is more than likely destroyed by time and age.

So you'll need a new one.

 

[scotman]

Sometimes the operation becomes flaky. Or stops working altogether. Time to replace it.

 

[scotman]

Sometimes the operation becomes flaky. Or stops working altogether. Time to replace it. Not unlike this glitchy device that i am contending with right now

 

[gingergit57]

Sometimes the operation becomes flaky. Or stops working altogether. Time to replace it.

Many thanks
is it easy to change?

 

[gingergit57]

...(The below is to help guide you...we presume you've checked your fuses and that the wipers do work, only the intermittent function is not doing it's job)......

Do you have the Wiper switch that has the "roller" or a multi-point switch that controls the time between wipes on the switch arm or on the Dash?

If it's on the Arm, you may have a bad switch - not the switch itself but the electronics in it that handle that pause.

That timer may be bad - the intermittent function needs to be able to know which level of time - so it uses a rheostat (potentiometer or variable resistor) in that arm that the "roller" or even the muti-point setting - these work to change your intermittent wipe times.

This communicates back to the wiper motor - which once one wipe is done - the thing is supposed to "park" until the timer tells - bumps it off-park to force the motor to cycle to move the wipers for a small length of time until the pause pulse has elapsed and the motor it left to think it needs to park itself and completes the cycle.

So if the other settings on that arm work, then the issue is with the switch - the rheostat is dirty and you'll need to take apart that switch to get at it - it's possible and it's SMD (meaning the technology is unique but common) and the composite used to make it variable is more than likely destroyed by time and age.

So you'll need a new one.

Many thanks
is it easy to change?

 

[scotman]

Its not too involved. You need a couple screwdrivers or a multi bit set. It is nestled against the turn indicator switch with a couple of screws. The white plastic thing in front of the switches is the airbag clock spring. You don't need to take the steering column apart to take out the wiper control switch, these images are all i have on my phone of that area.

 

[gingergit57]

many thanks will give it a go and let you know how i get on? 👍👍👍👍👍

 

[gingergit57]

Its not too involved. You need a couple screwdrivers or a multi bit set. It is nestled against the turn indicator switch with a couple of screws. The white plastic thing in front of the switches is the airbag clock spring. You don't need to take the steering column apart to take out the wiper control switch, these images are all i have on my phone of that area.
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Its not too involved. You need a couple screwdrivers or a multi bit set. It is nestled against the turn indicator switch with a couple of screws. The white plastic thing in front of the switches is the airbag clock spring. You don't need to take the steering column apart to take out the wiper control switch, these images are all i have on my phone of that area.
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many thanks will give it a go and let you know how i get on? 👍👍👍👍👍

 

[Handy Andy]

@scotman - exploded view - man! You are great!

 

[scotman]

I didnt intend to make a specific guide
With that image. I should do a switch pictorial on one of my cars. I don't recall ever seeing a how to of that.

 

[Handy Andy]

Unless you like reading engineering exploded drawings - it explains it nicely - layer by layer of that "onion".

- nice work!

Have a good day!