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Subject:Re: Wiper Relay Was: Wiper motor does not auto park
From:Simon Reinhardt
Date:Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:24:16 -0700

On a semi-related note, look for intermittent wiper relays with "99."
on the top. These are programmable-delay intermittent wiper relays.
Most likely to be found in '93 and up Golfs & Jettas. Should work on
any Vanagon.
-Simon

On Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 07:09  AM, Jeff Strickrott wrote:

> That proved to be right. I pulled a relay from a junked vanagon this
> weekend and
> now the wipers park as expected. I opened the controlling relay and
> found that
> the circuit board was cracked. I am not sure if this was from me
> pulling it out
> of the relay panel or from the PO. I will fix it and then see if it
> works.
>
> Regards,
> --Jeff Strickrott
> 82 Westy, South Florida
>
> Ben T wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 10/25/02 8:41:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> jstric01@cs.fiu.edu writes:
>>
>> << The intermittent features works and the wipers stop where they
>> should. It
>> is
>>  only when on regular and high speed that the wipers do not auto
>> park. I
>> thought
>>  that the wiper relay just controlled the intermittent feature. >>
>>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> That's what I used to think until it happened to me. This was
>> documented in
>> the archives sometime last year.
>>
>> BenT
>

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