Wipers keep coming on by themselves

sh_z · Post by **sh_z** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:37 pm

It drives me nuts cos the wipers just keeop coming on by themselves. any time any place anywhere, I am getting really fed up wiv it.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 4:46 am

aliens!

or in normal words, a few more details would be nice ie mark or year of your car, if you had it from new, any extra symptoms (like dimming lights?) and whether there's been anything that might have triggered this off or might be causing each instance of it

sh_z · Post by **sh_z** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:06 am

Hi, I have a Polo Classic - not hatchback, a saloon. R reg, 1600 CC. Hope this helps.
The wipers are still coming on on their own.

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 8:51 am

sh_z wrote: Hi, I have a Polo Classic - not hatchback, a saloon. R reg, 1600 CC. Hope this helps.
The wipers are still coming on on their own.

My polo doesn't do it but my Lotus does - never managed to find out whuy but it happens mainly when the weather is very hot......

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:45 am

interesting....

main thought would be a dodgy steering column switch or a worn out relay. eg when i replaced my clock for a rev counter, i knocked an already marginal wire just that little bit loose in one of the switch multi-connectors and knocked out the entire wiper function (only realising after everything was back together, bugger!). its possible the reverse could be happening with something bridging just when all the conditions are "right".

or an earth fault at the fusebox or even the motor itself

it can make your light clusters do wierd things, so why not the wipers?

i dont know of any particular fault with that model - R-reg saloons aren't exactly my thing i'm afraid.
unless you're good at tracing electrical faults or know someone who is, or anyone else pipes up soon, i'd reccommend just getting it down to a trustworthy mechanic or autoelectrician.

(learn from groovycarrot's troubles though - double check that they're worth a hill of beans and aren't, eg, going to not fix the problem but just leave a mess and abandoned tools all over your engine bay)