RE: [ISTA] Mysterious Wiper Activation

["Chandler, Kiley" <KChandler@csra.com>]

I have the same thing in my 92 Ty. Just the way it is. I think it pushes the
road film out of the way nicely. I would never know how dirty it is, until
"The Phantom Swipe" appears.

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> From: 	MATTHEW_RIDDLE@udlp.com[SMTP:MATTHEW_RIDDLE@udlp.com]
> Reply To: 	MATTHEW_RIDDLE@udlp.com
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> To: 	Paul Huizenga; syty@syty.org
> Subject: 	Re:[ISTA] Mysterious Wiper Activation
> 
> You are not alone, I have learned to live with this on my Sy. I can almost
> guarantee a swipe if a have my turn signals on and hit a bump. Definitely
> a
> short but I am not willing to perform open heart surgery on my steering
> column...
> 
> Matt
> Sy #2533
> 
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> Subject:    [ISTA] Mysterious Wiper Activation
> Author: "Paul Huizenga" <agtsmith@san.rr.com>
> Date:       5/31/00 11:02 PM
> 
> I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced the same strange windshield 
> wiper phenomenon I've got on my Sy... Seems that every so often, when I
> use
> my turn signals (left or right, doesn't seem to matter), and occasionally
> even when I do nothing, I get one pass of the wipers. It's like I hit the
> "mist" switch on the stalk, even though I know for a fact I didn't (and
> it's
> far too stiff to activate accidentally and not realize it). My best guess
> is
> that I've got a short in the steering column, but I haven't been brave
> enough to start digging around in there to see.
> 
> Has anybody else solved this problem? I know this is a long shot, but then
> again, I just fixed my window motor using instructions from a web page I
> picked up while lurking here, so who knows? I'd rather not reinvent the
> wheel if this is something common that has a published solution.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -Paul
> Sy #1853 
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