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Subject:Re: Update, including rear wiper controller
From:Neil N
Date:Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:11:37 -0700

Hey Alistair.

Does the rear wiper relay have a printed circuit board? My 99
"programmable" front wiper relay would be intermittent but would come
on if I pushed up at wires/connectors to it. Issue turned out to be
cold solder joints at relay PCB. Easy fix.

Neil.

On 3/21/20, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> 1. For a few years now I’d have this occasional sluggish rear wiper. I had a
> look at the electrical contacts and as much of the mechanics I could see and
> reach back there in the hatch. Nothing to report. Recently the wiper would
> just not work. Something made me think to reach down to fuse panel and push
> in wiper relay module... wiper started to work. So I pulled the module,
> cleaned contacts with de-oxit, re seated module , and surprise surprise ,
> rear wiper works smartly and snappily. Easy win for me.

-- 
Neil n

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