Date:         Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:23:44 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: WTH!! First it headlights, now wipers
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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At 03:10 PM 2/4/2011, John Rodgers wrote:
>  That's "What the HECK!" btw.

We knew that. ;-)


>First the headlights go, then the wipers go belly up!! When ordering up
>a new headlight switch, I did - on advice from The List - order in a new
>ignition switch to have as a spare. Can anyone confirm for me that wiper
>problems are ignition switch related?? Am I going to immediately get to
>install that ignition switch too?

This is quick and dirty because I don't have time to trace it out -
but wipers, heater blower and rear defogger are all powered by the
load reduction relay (small relay, might have 24 on it? - first page
of Bentley wiring section for your year will show location and
designation) which is driven, along with the headlights, by the
ignition switch X terminal.  So if the X terminal is bad, none of
them will work right.  If the relay is having problems,
wipers/blower/defog won't work.  One assumes that you've checked the
relevant fuse?

That's as far as I can go without looking at the diagram.

d