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Just wanted to share a trick that fixed a problem I had on my 00 3.2TL.

Last night, as I was leaving my subdivision, I had the wipers on
intermittent, and went to hit the washer. As soon as I did, the wipers
quit- dead, immobile, unresponsive. No switch movement worked.

I checked all of the fuses, and not one was blown. Obviously, I thought,
I fried the wiper relay. A quick search online reveled that I could get
the part delivered for about $37.

A coworker of mine who is good with cars suggested that before I order
the relay, to just disconnect both cables of the battery for about 5-10
minutes, then reconnect them and try the wipers.

I did, and son of a gun, they worked.

At the very least, he saved me $37 and some of my own time. Had I taken
this to a shop, I hate to think of what they would have charged.

Just figured I share this with you folks.

Much Respect,

Charlie Chan

next time just disconnect the ground ( - ) side for the same effect
what the effect (that brought them back to life) is, well, I have no idea


"Charlie Chan" <detective@china.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9576EC2691BF8detectivechinanet@199.45.49.1 1...
> Just wanted to share a trick that fixed a problem I had on my 00 3.2TL.
>
> Last night, as I was leaving my subdivision, I had the wipers on
> intermittent, and went to hit the washer. As soon as I did, the wipers
> quit- dead, immobile, unresponsive. No switch movement worked.
>
> I checked all of the fuses, and not one was blown. Obviously, I thought,
> I fried the wiper relay. A quick search online reveled that I could get
> the part delivered for about $37.
>
> A coworker of mine who is good with cars suggested that before I order
> the relay, to just disconnect both cables of the battery for about 5-10
> minutes, then reconnect them and try the wipers.
>
> I did, and son of a gun, they worked.
>
> At the very least, he saved me $37 and some of my own time. Had I taken
> this to a shop, I hate to think of what they would have charged.
>
> Just figured I share this with you folks.
>
> Much Respect,
>
> Charlie Chan

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 03:15:30 GMT, Charlie Chan <detective@china.net>
jumped in and said:

>Just wanted to share a trick that fixed a problem I had on my 00 3.2TL.
>
>Last night, as I was leaving my subdivision, I had the wipers on
>intermittent, and went to hit the washer. As soon as I did, the wipers
>quit- dead, immobile, unresponsive. No switch movement worked.
>
>I checked all of the fuses, and not one was blown. Obviously, I thought,
>I fried the wiper relay. A quick search online reveled that I could get
>the part delivered for about $37.
>
>A coworker of mine who is good with cars suggested that before I order
>the relay, to just disconnect both cables of the battery for about 5-10
>minutes, then reconnect them and try the wipers.
>
>I did, and son of a gun, they worked.
>
>At the very least, he saved me $37 and some of my own time. Had I taken
>this to a shop, I hate to think of what they would have charged.
>
>Just figured I share this with you folks.
>
>Much Respect,
>
>Charlie Chan

If you have anti-theft on the radio, you will need the code to bring
it back to life.

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