I was out in what i would call a decent upstate NY blizzard last night, going through numerous snow drifts.... and I realized that my rear wiper was on every time I touched my brakes, even though the switch was off. I also learned that if my jeep was turned off, and i hit the brakes the same would happen, even with the key out of the ignition.

My question is What is going on here? I don't even know where to start with this problem... I am wondering if all the snow on the back window/gate has something to do with it, as it didn't do this all day til late at night???????

Any insight is much appreciated

_________________
Red Inferno 03 KJ Sport
Frankenlifted!!!!

Haunted Jeep?

Did you buy your KJ from a company that provides Jeeps for Comedy skit movies?


Okay, possible short between wires? Snow buildup where wires are exposed?

_________________
===
New KJ Gear - Desert Armor Flak

2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

Well i brought the jeep in the garage and thawed it out, and the wiper issue is gone, apparantly the snow had something to do with it.

Now i have even bigger problems, the driver side parking lights stay on even while the switch is off or the key is out. I pulled the fuse for that side, and it did nothing, i also pulled the relay out which had the same effect. When i pulled the fuse for the fog lights (which is not supposed to be connected to the parking lights), i was able to make the lights turn off.

This seems odd and is really making me mad, i don't even know where to go from here.

_________________
Red Inferno 03 KJ Sport
Frankenlifted!!!!

I had this problem when I had 2'' of water in my jeep. Jeep have a good idea to install a wires connector on the floor below the rear seat (driver side) the water short-circuit a couple of wire in the connector. After that when I press the brake pedal the rear wiper run, my radio run but key is out and light on too. So check that, I bypass 12 wires to repare that doo doo.

_________________
Jeep Liberty Sport CRD 2006.
Jeep Liberty Sport Freedom 2003: 3.7L man.
-Frankenlift Premium II and Al's A-arms, diff. 4.10
-Tire MTR Kelvar 245/75R16, Winter: 31x10.5R15 Yoko Geolandar I/T
-Full mopar skid plate, CB, Optima yellow top
-Top rack safari Kargo Master with 4 Hella 500FF(100W bulbs)

It seems that the junction box for the BCM is under the rear seat. The BCM is next to the fuse pannel.

do a search on BCM there are a few threads out there.


http://jeepsunlimited.com/forums/showthread.php?t=788598

_________________
Tarkus is So Lost#000345
KJ Expeditionary Group
31" MT/R's and Rustys lift

Ok that might be the culprit, I have also noticed that the light above license plate holder stays on too along with the parking lights on the driver side. And if my key is turned off, the fan for the heater will also turn on unless i switch it to off.
If i pull the 20 amp fuse in the middle of the fuse panel, the fourth one down, all if this stops. According to the manual none of these things should be connected to that fuse.... but i have learned the manual is wrong most of the time???

I am wondering if all the snow on the floor melting flooded the area where that junction box is?

_________________
Red Inferno 03 KJ Sport
Frankenlifted!!!!

Thank you so much! I can not express how appreciative I am for your help in words. I've had this problem on my big kj for months and since it has dual batteries I've just been ignoring it ( it's not a daily driver so I've just been disconnecting the batteries when I park it for a week) my radio, heater, and tail light would remain on with the jeep turned off that all started after I went out with C.E.R.T. ( We pick up doctors and nurses and other essential workers in bad weather when they don't think they can make it due to weather or if we are in a state of emergency)

The jeep had snow in places I didn't know it had so I figured snow found its way into something then parked it in my heated garage for nearly a month and it never stopped so I figured it may be the body control module and went as far as swapping out the bcm from my little kj into my big one and it still had the problem at that point I decided f*** it and left it alone. Well I've been doing transfer case swaps on both of my kjs this weekend and got the big one completely put back together and when I tried to put the new transfer case in the small kj I realized I couldn't fit under far enough to both hold it in place and put the nuts on so I would be dead in the water until I got help since I was already filthy I decided I would try to figure out my rear windshield wiper problem since it's came on with the brakes for like 8 months and found your post and since the back seat was already out ( I did a rear axle swap last weekend and one of the captured nuts were out of place so I couldn't bolt up the boomerang until I removed the back seat and cut a hole in the floor to gain access to the nut) I figured it was worth a shot to look at that connector


I'm amazed I was not blowing fuses or burning down my jeep, I'm going to solder each wire together then heat shrink each one. Sorry if this came out as nonsense I'm just so happy to have found what was wrong with my jeep. Thanks so much!quote="zappa"]I had this problem when I had 2'' of water in my jeep. Jeep have a good idea to install a wires connector on the floor below the rear seat (driver side) the water short-circuit a couple of wire in the connector. After that when I press the brake pedal the rear wiper run, my radio run but key is out and light on too. So check that, I bypass 12 wires to repare that doo doo.[/quote]

_________________
Lightly modified 03 Liberator daily driver