Windshield wipers = dead

BodhiBenz1987 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:22 pm

Last night, on my way to work in a driving sleetstorm, my CRD's wipers kicked the bucket. Just started moving about 2 inches up, sitting there for 5 seconds, dropping down and sitting for 5 seconds, back up 2 inches for 5 seconds, etc. They were doing this regardless of whether the wipers were switched on or off. Now they are not moving at all. It's obviously not a physical impedence (ice or snow on the wipers), since they won't move at all no matter how much I clear them, and since they were "twitching" when the switch was turned off. What should I check first? Is this something I can fix easily? Any help is much appreciated ... it's not precipitating anymore, but the roads are wet and the spray is awful ... and I have to drive this thing to work tonight.

BodhiBenz1987 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:41 am

Duh ... it was just the front/rear wiper switch fuse. Don't know why I didn't check that first. All I did was jiggle it and everything started working again ... :roll:

Ranger1 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:40 pm **Posts:** 1137

Good job. Never had that happen.

jinstall · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:15 am

Mine squeek excessivly when on. Only from the drivers side. It goes to Jeep next Monday for this and a oil service.

BodhiBenz1987 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:21 pm

jinstall wrote:

Mine squeek excessivly when on. Only from the drivers side. It goes to Jeep next Monday for this and a oil service.

Is it from the wiper-on-glass contact, or something mechanical? My wipers do that little chirp/squeek across the glass ... I think they sit for a while and get dried out, then don't flip over right and end up sort of shuttering across the windshield. It's awful, although I can't say that's CRD/KJ-specific. I find that universal in most cars ... no matter how much you change the wipers, they squark. Only car with a decent windshield wiping system I've driven is my 87 Mercedes ... it has a monoblade that does a fantastic job ... also leaves a larger area of visability.

jinstall · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:39 am

Oh no it is in the linkage, I know it for a fact. If it was not under warranty it would have been fixed by now.

Jeepman56 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:27 am

Last night my wipers started making a horrible gear grinding noise. It sounds like they are off track or something, and don't move as fast no matter which setting they are on. Any ideas? Still under warranty.

Yeah, my 100th post :twisted:

Windshield wipers = dead

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