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Car Forum / BMW Cars / May 2009

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1998 bmw 740il windshield wiper gone crazy!!!

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jamcashebay00@gmail.com - 18 May 2009 07:26 GMT
The other day it was raining very heavy and the windshield wipers
worked fine until  I parked and hurried out the car leaving the wipers
in the on position.  The wipers did position itself in the middle of
the windshield to remind me it is being left in the on position, but I
just left them that way and ran thru the rain.  When I returned to the
car a few hours later the wipers would not return to home horizontal
position; at the bottom of the windshield.   Instead it would
terminate at the center vertical position no matter what setting it is
on, or even when I shut it off.

I would like to know if there is an easy fix for this problem or if
anyone had this problem b4 and know the fix for it.  Any help is
appreciated, thank you!
last_permutation@yahoo.com - 21 May 2009 12:54 GMT
On May 18, 2:26 am, jamcasheba...@gmail.com wrote:
> The other day it was raining very heavy and the windshield wipers
> worked fine until  I parked and hurried out the car leaving the wipers
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> terminate at the center vertical position no matter what setting it is
> on, or even when I shut it off.

Typical example of that wonderful kraut electrical engineering/ get
used to it.  There'll be many more things like this.

> I would like to know if there is an easy fix for this problem or if
> anyone had this problem b4 and know the fix for it.  Any help is
> appreciated, thank you!

Sorry, but never ran into this particular problem.  It could be a
simple
thing like a bad capacitor, but you have no way of knowing which
one or where it is.   Your friendly local stealership will be glad to
find it and hit you for $500 for replacing it.
 
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