Wiper Motor
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Wiper Motor
OK Guys:
Back in February I posted about my wipers not parking on my 2002 Lexus ES300. The low speed works fine, the high speed works fine, even the rain sensors work. However, when you cut the wiper switch off at the steering wheel, the wipers stop wherever they are at when you cut them off. Not at the same spot, it can be anywhere on the windshield that they stop and will not automatically park at the hood level like I thought they should.
So I bought a Cardone remanufactured wiper motor, as someone suggested that the parking logic was in the motor itself, so I put the new motor on, still does the same thing. Will not park.
Read a technical bulletin about running an extra ground wire to the motor to solve the problem, still will not park.
I guess either the Cardone remanufactured motor is no good, or the parking logic is somehow tied in with the wiper switch at the steering wheel. Any good wiper mechanics out there for another suggestion ?? I guess I could have gotten a Denso wiper motor at twice the cost, but Cardone is suppose to be reputable rebuilder of wiper motors.
Thanks,
olecarman
Back in February I posted about my wipers not parking on my 2002 Lexus ES300. The low speed works fine, the high speed works fine, even the rain sensors work. However, when you cut the wiper switch off at the steering wheel, the wipers stop wherever they are at when you cut them off. Not at the same spot, it can be anywhere on the windshield that they stop and will not automatically park at the hood level like I thought they should.
So I bought a Cardone remanufactured wiper motor, as someone suggested that the parking logic was in the motor itself, so I put the new motor on, still does the same thing. Will not park.
Read a technical bulletin about running an extra ground wire to the motor to solve the problem, still will not park.
I guess either the Cardone remanufactured motor is no good, or the parking logic is somehow tied in with the wiper switch at the steering wheel. Any good wiper mechanics out there for another suggestion ?? I guess I could have gotten a Denso wiper motor at twice the cost, but Cardone is suppose to be reputable rebuilder of wiper motors.
Thanks,
olecarman
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I think I was the one that steered you wrong...interesting it still won't park with new motor. I really don't think the logic for the park is in the switch. If you wanted to continue to figure it out yourself you could swap the wiper switch with a good used one it is pretty easy to do. Or get the service manual and start actually diagnosing the problem, or take it too a dealer.
Seems like a long time to go with this problem, for me wipers not parking would be annoying!
Seems like a long time to go with this problem, for me wipers not parking would be annoying!
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Power6: Well it is my wife's car so it doesn't annoy me as much and only when we use the wipers. But I still got to figure it out. I really thought the parking logic would be in the motor as well, but there has to be something else I'm missing...
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DanlTodd: Still haven't resolved the issue. I replaced the wiper switch and that didn't resolve it either... I did have a Lexus Tech guy suggest using a genuine OEM wiper motor instead of the (3) I tried from Autozone, but I haven't gotten an OEM one yet to try.. Thought about a used OEM motor to see if it would work as a new one is not cheap.. But the tech guy said the OEM motor would resolve the issue that the cheap replacements from Autozone were junk. But I have been replacing struts and inner tie rods, so I haven't gotten to the OEM motor replacement yet.. If you get yours to work, please send me your results and I will do the same when I get to replacing my motor again..
