Wipers Have A Mind Of Their Own!

[David Lovitt]

Good Morning,

 

This is my first time on this forum. My wife has a 1999 T reg Ford Galaxy 2.3GhiaX. She loves this car and will not consider getting a new one. It has covered 85000 miles and has been pretty much problem free for a car of this age. It has had a new wiper motor about 6 months ago as they just stopped suddenly, it has now however developed a problem with the wipers themselves. There is no pattern that i can see, but the wipers will just come on when ever they feel like it. Pressing the wiper switch doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Sometimes it seems to stop them but i wonder if they would have just stopped anyway! Turning corners doesn't make a difference either. This problem can be just a quick wipe or can carry on going like this morning. a 5 min journey to school with a very clear windscreen!! Can anyone help with this as i did own a older VW Sharan years ago and it developed electrical problems with windows which this is seeming to do to. This costme a lot of money as they had to replace the whole wiring loom. The Air con compressor needs sorting too but this will cost at least

[cyborg]

Because its been raining loads..I would remove the scuttle tray 3 10mm screw's just under wipers .Then look at the block connecter wire's going to wipers my guess is they haven't been secured propery and its sitting in water in the tray then have a root around for blocked suttle drain which I think may have caused original problem.

[chrispb123456]

Good Morning,

 

This is my first time on this forum. My wife has a 1999 T reg Ford Galaxy 2.3GhiaX. She loves this car and will not consider getting a new one. It has covered 85000 miles and has been pretty much problem free for a car of this age. It has had a new wiper motor about 6 months ago as they just stopped suddenly, it has now however developed a problem with the wipers themselves. There is no pattern that i can see, but the wipers will just come on when ever they feel like it. Pressing the wiper switch doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Sometimes it seems to stop them but i wonder if they would have just stopped anyway! Turning corners doesn't make a difference either. This problem can be just a quick wipe or can carry on going like this morning. a 5 min journey to school with a very clear windscreen!! Can anyone help with this as i did own a older VW Sharan years ago and it developed electrical problems with windows which this is seeming to do to. This costme a lot of money as they had to replace the whole wiring loom. The Air con compressor needs sorting too but this will cost at least