katk23

Was up in the snow and my wipers ended up being stuck to the windshield in an upright position.

When I brushed them off and turned them on at first they didn't return to the orginal postition setting at the base.

Then they started working, since then the 'intermittent' option turns on as the 'low' setting, the low setting stay as normal and the high setting works fine however they do not return to the base when I turn off the wipers.

Not sure what has happened and what needs to me replaced .. have looked in the service manual to not have any real luck.

Any help ideas?

RTorrez1

The first thing I would check would be the arms. Remove the arms and check the teeth on the shaft and inside of the arm to see if they stripped out of at least a few of them. If so you may have to replace the arms. If not there you may have stripped some of the gears on the motor.

katk23

Thanks RTorrez1!

Do you think is might be the intermittent module?

My mechanic seemed to think that may be the problem... I'm not sure if it is though..

jakbob

i had the same issue. it is the module. not the arms. if the module is uplugged or loose, they will act the way you are describing. what year is it?

RTorrez1

I guess it could be part of the problem. But, I don't think that would cause it not to go back to down position when you turn them off.
Robert

freegdr

unplug the module and plug the two ends together see if wipers work off low high with out delay

katk23

Thanks again!

It's a 2000 cherokee sport...

I've also had a problem with my interior lights staying on even when the automatic lock fob is clicked to lock it they stay on, it would normaly have turned out.

It happened a week ago when a friend closed her door while getting out and they stayed on.. never to go out again I had to pull the light bulbs out to keep them from burning my battery power out..

Suggestion on this one?

and thanks for helping a gal out.. rather figure it out myself if I can with the help of awesome peeps from here!

F1Addict

Yep, the intermittent module is notorious for burning the printed conductor paths between internal components. If you pull yours apart (in my '89 it's Velcro'd to the inside of the knee bolster under the steering column) I'm guessing you'll see something like this...



The symptoms you've described are identical to those I experience when the module cooks a conductor. They are repairable, I pulled it apart and soldered a strand of copper wire over the burnt part and it worked for a couple weeks before burning through another conductor. I have a feeling I'll be chasing these issues until all printed conductors have been replaced with a copper jumper.

freegdr

possible door switch issue

jakbob

Two people whi had the same problem and fixed it say otherwise.

freegdr

thats why you remove the module out of the picture