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Dodge Wipers

Q. Hello, I have a 1992 Dodge Dynasty with a windshield wiper problem. One morning I went out, started the car and since it was raining, turned on the wipers. They didn't come on. I checked the fuse. It was ok but I replaced it anyway.

Nothing. I then replaced the wiper motor. Nothing. I then checked the fuse again. This time, as I was pulling it out, it started working. I obviously hadn't pulled it completely out, so I pushed it back in and the wiper stopped. I tried bypassing the fuse, splicing the two wires together and nothing. I tried placing foil over the fuse blades and nothing. Can you help me?

Thanks,
Kerry

A. I'm not sure which two wires you spliced together, but it sounds like you have a bad connection in the fuse box. I would take the fuse box out and turn it around and try jumping the connections for the fuse. Go wire to wire since the crimp where the wire joins the terminal may be bad. The wipers should come on.

If they start working, I would slip the terminals out of the fuse box and solder the wires to the terminals after you give them a good cleaning.

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