William,
Your problem with the rear wiper sounds like the relay is Kaput-----

Change it, it'll work----

Three wipes is usually the norm---

Later,

Terry

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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