Rear Wiper Parking Position

[bushm]

Does anyone out there know why my rear wiper has forgotten its proper parked position?

It seems to stop in random places when switched off.

Thanks.

[johnb80]

The self parking relies on power being removed from the motor AND a dead short being applied across the motor to make it act as a brake. If the contacts of the switch that short the motor out get dirty or burned up it will stop all over the place or on some vehicles not at all.

 

Hope this helps - John

[Guest nimrod]

OOPS! sounds like another case of the wires in the flexy rubber boot cracking up again! my rear wiper did the same thing a couple of weeks ago and I traced it down to the wires being broken :( do a search for more details on the topic

[bushm]

Thanks for your replies.

Where are the contacts of the switch that short the motor out, are they easy to access?

[MrT]

I believe they are on the motor itself which is behind the trim on the boot.

 

This trim is tricky to remove due to the strength of the clips. On the facelifted Galaxy there are two retaining screws, one under each panel at either side of the trim that allows you to access the reversing lights. You will also need to remove or loosen the plastic hole/handle you use to shut the boot.

 

Now the tricky part is to pull the trim panel away from the glass and sliding it around 5-10mm down the door at the same time. Sliding it down the door releases the lower edge (by the lock) from the metalwork and from the upper part of the trim that runs up the side of the windows. The edge by the glass is held on by four clips that plastic tongues with wedges on the end fit into. These clips have a pretty good grip and I assume it would be easy to break the plastic tongues. With me I pulled harder and harder until it came away, I nearly fell over and the rough edges took the skin off the back of my knuckles. Maybe wear some fine gloves.

 

With this trim off, you have easy access to the wiper mechanism.

[bushm]

Thanks MrT

I've got a pre-facelift model I'll have a look the next chance I get some time between the rain/work/getting the kids ready for school/bath/bed and relaxing for 10 mins before the 10 pm news!