E39 Windscreen Wipers stopping???

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lviren - 18 Jun 2005 11:25 GMT

My windscreen wipers are stopping for no apparent reason - usually when I am
in the outside lane overtaking in heavy rain. I pull over and they restart
after I switch off and restart after a few seconds. Any obvious reason for
this?

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SteveG <\ - 18 Jun 2005 15:44 GMT

> My windscreen wipers are stopping for no apparent reason - usually when I am
> in the outside lane overtaking in heavy rain. I pull over and they restart
> after I switch off and restart after a few seconds. Any obvious reason for
> this?

It's apparently a Government ploy to demonstrate to BMW drivers that
they don't actually own the outside lane and need to pull over
occasionally to allow mere mortals to pass :-)

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Steve G
730i

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Blake Dodson - 18 Jun 2005 15:53 GMT

Hi.

Not knowing the year of your 5er does not help much, however, the
wipers on the E39 have been plagued with failure, intermittent
operation, slow operation (delay), and so on. It is highly probable
that this is your problem as well. Some years require that two relays
be replaced whilst others only one.

HTH,
Blake

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R. Mark Clayton - 18 Jun 2005 18:21 GMT

> My windscreen wipers are stopping for no apparent reason - usually when I
> am in the outside lane overtaking in heavy rain. I pull over and they
> restart after I switch off and restart after a few seconds. Any obvious
> reason for this?

Possibly you are going so fast that the rain sensor stops getting wet, so it
decides to switch off. More likely the wipers think the car has stopped.

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Mr. 6 2 U - 19 Jun 2005 08:55 GMT

At the harness to wiper motor,clean contacts and coat with dielectric
compound!

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