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Matt Fetters Posted on Jan 07, 2018

Have a 2005 chevy colorado and my wipers recently started acting goofy sometimes they will work but mostly will not and when they arent working my washer fluid still sprays what could this be. When im in the truck at night and try to turn the wipers on i can see my headlights dim when i turn the switch but the wipers wont come on is this the motor

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Looks like an earthing fault. You need to check and clean the earth/ground to your wiper motor if you cannot find it run a lead from the earth side of the motor, usually black wire to the earth on your battery.
Beware when working around the wipers that they do not come on unexpectedly. I have seen some serious cuts !

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robertburke

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  • Posted on Sep 21, 2008

SOURCE: windshield wiper fluid does not spray and how does it turn on?

The washer pump should be in the resivoir bottle...remove the plug on the bottom of the resivior and check it for power when the washer button ie pushed... if you have power, then you should replave the washer motor...
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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 08, 2009

SOURCE: Windshield Wiper Not Working Properly

Well sure enough all I had to do was replace the circuit board...wish I had done this a couple months ago...it was so easy to do and will now be much easier to drive with being able to see clearly again....

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Matthew Albert

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  • Posted on Mar 07, 2009

SOURCE: chevy astro van turns over but wont start when

Check to see if the fuel pump is kicking in,
when you turn the key on without starting the van you should hear it kick on for about 2 seconds,

It could be...
A clogged fuel filter...
Blown fuse for the pump..or bad pump relay..
No gas
Bad fuel pump

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Greg Bernett

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  • Posted on Mar 11, 2009

SOURCE: windshield washer fluid not spraying

Try standing outside of the vehicle and having someone press the "juice" button and listen to see if the motor is trying to spray. If it is....check to to see if you have contaminents in the windshield wiper fluid reservoir.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 05, 2009

SOURCE: Window wiper problem

Hello I have a saab 9.3 SS 04 and had the same problem.

- intermittent wipe doesn't work, at all
- windscreen washers don't work, at all
- "normal" continuous, and fast wipe work, but the wipers
freeze in the middle of the windscreen if you let go of the
control stalk, rather than sweeping back to the resting position
- same "freeze" happens with the manual wipe (push down on the control stalk)

The weird thing is that, this morning, for about 10 minutes, it seemed to fix itself,
partially - the washers started working etc - but the intermittent wipe still didn't work. However not long after that it went back to the symptoms described above.
also if I unplugged my car battery for a minute the washers worked for several seconds but again same problem occurs.

Solution is to replace your wiper motor. its that "simple"
worked for me. The wiper motor has a lot of electronic stuff and seems to control the washer engine.
Good luck.

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