Front & rear wipers & washer jets dont work

[Rsboy82]

Hey Guys hope all is well, thank you all so much for your previous help,

i once again need your expertise,

Vehicle 1993 LWB Pajero 3.0L V6

Last year my wipers stopped working of which was a result of a fuse, quick fix perfect, but as of a month ago my front wipers worked intermittently some days they work other days they wouldn't, checked the fuse again and its fine i even changed it to eliminate any errors,

now I'm stuck with zero wipers front, back and washer jets are all non working, I'm pretty sure it can't be a faulty motor as everything died at the same time

I really hope you guys can point me in the right direction


Many Thanks in advance

[aussieintas]

Could be the washer stalk on the column.....perhaps a bad contact or earth.

[Rsboy82]

thanks for taking the time to reply buddy I did consider that but the rear wiper is also inactive and that's on a separate button so I'm thinking that may not be the case

[Rsboy82]

Just wondering guys is there a single relay that controls all of these functions?

[aussieintas]

Ah yes sorry bud forgot the rear on a seperate switch in your model. Hopefully someone will answer with locations but I'm pretty sure the front and rear will be on seperate relays. That said quite a coincidence that both go at same time.

Have you unplugged the wiper motors and tested to see if there is power getting to them?

[erad]

Try replacing the fuse again, even if it looks OK. Often, you get crook contacts due to ingress of dirt, oils & grease. Failing that, find the relay which controls the wiper/washer system and substitute it for another relay and see if that improves it.

[Rsboy82]

Hey guys thanks for the feedback so yesterday, I unplugged and chopped and changed fuses, unplugged the wiper motor connector and now I've got my rear wiper working and my washer jets, but still no front wipers

Still a great result. I'm going to buy a multimeter tonight so I can investigate a little more

[Alex86]

Just drive in reverse if it rains then!

If you can put 12v directly onto your front wiper motor and they run, we'll keep looking for a fault somewhere else back through the system (relay, earth, connection etc). If they don't work with 12v directly on the wiper motor then you've also got a bung motor.


Little bit of a tangent- put some RainX on your windshield that way if it does rain your vis won't be so bad out the front.

[Rsboy82]

Rain X all ready done buddy haha!

Ok I've just brought a multi meter but not 100% sure where to go with it,

Checked all fuses for continuity and all fuses inside the car are good

Ok so I realized that the rear wiper, and washer Jets work when the wiper motor is unplugged! Once I plug it back in the rear wiper and jets are dead

Does that help in any way

[Rsboy82]

I'm not to sure what I'm doing as yet but I've got my multimeter set to DCV 20

Plugged the earth into blue red/stripe positive into blue white reads zero turn key to ignition on wipers on and it reads 0.46

When I put the wiper stalk to

Zero it reads 0.00
Int it reads 0.00
1 it reads 0.45
2 it reads zero

When I turn the time dial on the stalk nothing happens

[Rsboy82]

oh wait now the rear wiper and washer jets are dead again

[Rsboy82]

ok sorry guys for a million messages and I'm pretty sure its the intermittent wiper relay thats dead as i can't hear any clicks from any of the fuse boxes when i try to activate the wipers

big question does anyone know where the relay is located? i can't find any info on the relays them selves

[aussieintas]

Found this from the Haynes manual.

[aussieintas]

Also have a look at the link below mate.

http://www.mitsubishilinks.com/

[Rsboy82]

Cheers lads i think I've located it in Theory,

from what I've read the Intermittent wiper relay is built into the column switch, at least now i put the multimeter onto the switch and see whats happening

Thanks again guys you a true legends!!