The rear wiper is intermittent only.  When you push the lever away from you,
you both squirt washer fluid and turn on the wiper.  When you push the lever
away from you a second time, you both squirt more washer fluid and turn the
wiper off.  This puzzled me in my old GTI for months before I figured it
out...
bmc  :)
"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."

> From: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> Reply-To: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:48:41 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Rear windshield wiper. Problem or is this normal?
>
> Being new to the Vanagon world I do not know if my rear windshield wiper is
> supposed to continue in an intermittent way. When I push my lever backward
> to give a squirt of water to wash the rear windshield, I excepted the wiper
> to stop after a few strokes. However, sometimes it acts like the energizer
> bunny-- it just keeps going and going and going.
>
> Isn't this wiper supposed to stop after it goes through its initial cleaning
> cycle of  3 or 4 wipes to clean off the water?
>
> Is something stuck? Or am I just ignorant of how to use it properly?
>
> William
>