Windshield Squirter/Wipers

[99PONTIACGP]

1. Squirters don't work. Where do I start? Is there more than one fuse?

2. My wipers recently started moving on their own. They move up about an inch or two on the windshield, and go back down while they're off. This happened periodically on the way home this morning.

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[Bob Kazamakis]

Does the pump make noise? It's probably either frozen or the pump went. You can buy them at napa.

No clue why they'd move on their own

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Don't think its frozen. I had the same issue in the warmer temps also.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I bought a pump for like $20 at napa for mine. I'd look over the wiring/fuses first.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

remove the screws around the perimiter of the wheel well lip/lower bumper forward of the wheel. and you can bent back the plastic to get access to the pump/pump harness, unplug the harness and check for power and ground with someone holding the washer/squirter switch....but yeah its probably rusted solid...90% of the time it is, its like 20-30$ at most for a new pump, if your fast enough you can swap it out and only lose a little bit of fluid....though if the fluid i old you may want to drain at least half of it out and then refill with fresh to make sure there's enough methanol in there for the antifreezing properties.

if your multifunction switch is excessivly loose it could be triggering the motor out of and into the park position but many times it the control board inside the wiper motor....sometimes its just water in the case/housing but that mainly applied to the older GM/form motors that werent as well sealed as the more modern units

 

[hellraiser319]

Pump is probably dead, that's the usual I've seen. Don't get the Autozone ones, they last a year at best before cracking and/or quitting altogether.

 

[Frank Dukes]

autozone is the scum of auto parts stores.

 

[Freebeer187]

Mine went out right before winter. The pump did not make the "hmmmmmmmmmmmm" noise when I was requesting washer fluid. I replaced the pump and now im back in business.

 

[G_T_O]

Mine just went out recently as well gonna replace that soon.

 

[firemandan1700]

Yea my pump has been out for almost three years. I don't have the will power to replace it lol