Wipers only working on high

[Chevy92]

I changed the wiper motor and now my wipers work, but they only work when on high. And you have to catch them at the bottom of the windshield and turn it off quickly so they can stay down there. What could be the problem? Please help

 

[Erin]

I changed the wiper motor and now my wipers work, but they only work when on high. And you have to catch them at the bottom of the windshield and turn it off quickly so they can stay down there. What could be the problem? Please help

Have you changed the wiper module?

 

[Chevy92]

No i haven’t.

 

[Chevy92]

I thought with getting a new wiper motor the new module would work just fine.

 

[Erin]

I thought with getting a new wiper motor the new module would work just fine.

I meant wiper control board. It’s next to the motor. If your wiper motor came with a new one then maybe the switch in the column is bad.

 

[someotherguy]

Switch in the column rarely goes bad, and I mean RARELY.. in fact the only failure I've personally observed is one that the switch physically broke so it didn't have any separate positions anymore, just spun back and forth freely.

It sounds like you may have bought the wrong wiper motor (there's pulse and non-pulse), or got a defective one.

What was wrong with your original? Almost always the problem is simply the solder joints where the connector socket attaches to the circuit board and that is easily fixed; the motor itself almost never goes bad.

Richard

 

[Erin]

in fact the only failure I've personally observed is one that the switch physically broke so it didn't have any separate positions anymore, just spun back and forth freely.

That’s the one I’m talking about. Mine doesn’t click at every position anymore.

 

[GoToGuy]

I changed the wiper motor and now my wipers work, but they only work when on high. And you have to catch them at the bottom of the windshield and turn it off quickly so they can stay down there. What could be the problem? Please help

What caused you to start this maint' action? What was happening?

 

[Chevy92]

Well the reason i switched it out was because i was getting power to the motor but it just felt super hot. So i thought the motor was just bad. It might be the board then. I will have to find the correct one.

 

[brningdawn]

I heard an engine guy from GM once say that if the ground strap on the back of the block on an sbc is bad it can cause phantom wipers. They kind of do their own thing. I have no idea if that could cause your problem but it's an easy thing to check.