Hi folks, got yet another problem :(

Going to work earlier my wipers randomly did 1 sweep of the windscreen, obviously checked that i hadn't caught the stalk and i hadn't. Thought fair enough and carried on, didn't do it again.

Then coming home from work tonight it seemed to do it every 5 minutes (only a 20 min drive when on lates ), obviously checked i hadn't caught the stalk again and i hadn't. I know wiping a dry screen will destroy your wipers so i squirted my windscreen a lot with washer fluid just to try and keep them wet so it didn't eat my wiper blades.

I'm guessing it is a switch or something that is sticking, but it isn't as though its stuck on the slowest intermittent but even that isn't 5 minutes between sweeps (i'm only guessing at 5 minutes, it just seemed around that)

Anyone got any clues on where to start looking? I'm going to be booking it in for a service soon anyway so i could mention it then if i haven't sorted it, but obviously i would prefer to get it sorted as soon as possible.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Matt

Probably wiper motor blade park position sensor.

Could be an intermittent short circuit, maybe activated when going over a bump?

Probably in the switch (stalk) though so would probably change that first.

HTH

Well it didn't do it at all today. Although i have noticed it didn't rain at all today either, where as it did a little bit yesterday (drizzle going to work and also rained for quite a while at work while it was parked up)

Maybe a seal is gone near a sensor/electrical gubbins and is letting it short circuit. I'm going to give my car a wash tomorrow (or if i'm feeling lazy like usual, i'll go through one of them drive through hand wash thingies ), so if it is happening when water gets into/onto something i will know then.

Will keep you posted just incase someone else has the same problem.

Thanks for the posts guys

Matt:)