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95.5 random wiper failure

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by pdrhound, Oct 17, 2017.

  1. Oct 17, 2017 at 7:23 PM
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    pdrhound

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    My wipers randomly stopped working a couple days ago. It was snowing but the truck was under cover and still dry. I thought it might be fuse but it looked good. I replaced it anyways and wipers worked for about 1 minute then stopped. As well, the washer would not spray. TOTAL failure, then fine, repeat. Fuse still OK. It made the ride home fun with randomly working then not working wipers in a snow storm!
    :burnrubber:

    Since then (now i dont need them) they have worked fine. When the wipers worked the washer worked. When the wipers stopped the washer would not work.

    I'm thinking it is the wiper switch. Anyone have instructions wiper switch replacement for the 95.5?

    Do I have to pull steering wheel?

    While I'm in there, can i add intermittent switch????
     
  2. Oct 18, 2017 at 6:44 AM
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    Dalandser

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  3. Oct 18, 2017 at 8:22 AM
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    mechanicjon

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  4. Oct 19, 2017 at 7:42 PM
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    pdrhound

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    Why?
    So, would you agree that i should replace rhe switch with failure of washer and wiper?
     
  5. Oct 19, 2017 at 8:24 PM
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    DrZ

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    Wiper and washer are controlled by the switch. Maybe a bad ground wire in common between them. You could pull the switch out and check/test everything and hope it's something simple like a loose wire.
     

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