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Hi all,

I have a '98 Honda Civic on which the wipers are exhibiting the following annoying symptoms:

1) High speed works fine.

2) The low and intermittent speeds don't work at all (i.e., when the switch is turned to either of these positions, the wipers don't move).
But, I can hear the "ticks" (When is in the intermittent position), probably from the relay inside the dashboard.

3) When operating the wipers at high speed, which is the only speed they work at, turning the switch to the off position causes them to stop dead in their tracks wherever they happen to be at that instant. In other words, they don't go back to their "home" position when turned off like they're supposed to.

So, what do you think the problem is in this case? The wiper switch? The wiper motor? Something else?

Many thanks in advance.

Nobody can help me with this problem...?

I had the same exact problem on my 98 DX...

I changed the wipper motor and that did the trick!


Marc

Thanks for your reply.
Is it easy to change?

A wipper motor cost about 200$, so is it possible that there an electrical component which is burnt inside the motor, and that could be easily replaced?

Or should I replace the whole motor?

Thanks.