Any ideas?? It's a 2002 and the rear wiper still works

no mini dealership here and BMW won't look at it

 

1 - Fuse blown ?

2 - Does wiper motor make any sounds ? If it does, lift the bonnet and check linkage arms under the cowl and see if it is still all hooked together.

3 - Wiper Motor bad - turn wiper switch to on and run a meter or test light off the positive wire connector to the wiper motor see if it's getting any power.

4 - Stalk switch bad ?

 

I checked the fuses. They're fine. The switch or stalk that I think ure talking about seems to work cus the rear one works and the water squirter works when u pull in on the stick.

I will check the other two ideas after this crazy rain stops. For now, using rain-x wipes. =\

 

2 days later I turn the car on and tried yo turn in the wipers and they worked. Then I turned off the car to get mail and when I came back to try and turn it back on it didn't work anymore :(. No ideas??

 

crap... again it rained, and now my window wipers wont work again and its stuc k in the upright position.... anyone have any ideas? im guessin ghtere's some shorta short circuit or something... from rain getting into the crowls or something.... help!!

 

what the helll.. 2-3 days later without rain.. my window wipers are back to working... ?? apparently I have window wipers that refuse to work in the rain and only work during the non rainy days.. lol am I seriously the only one with this issue??

 

There are two relays on the fuse block under the hood. One controls Low/High and the other controls On/Off. Switch them and see if they only work on low at times, if so replace relay. Not very expensive. Hopefully it is the relays and not the computer.
Good Luck. ED

 

any luck? my wipers stopped working all together. not only when wet. i just received a new wiper motor and am working on installing it.

 

I remember people having trouble with the pivots seizing on the arms under the cowl. Ive seen a few cars with failed motors, too.