Member Since: 03 Jan 2012
Location: Wales
Posts: 49
Front wipers stopped working
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Last week on a trip to sunny Warrington, it decided to rain on the way home. No front wipers !
Rear ok, washer pump ok
Managed to stop and wipe the screen with a rubber squeegee blade
Got home safely
Checked the fuse - all ok -swapped it anyway
Found the rear cover of the fuse box under the bonnet has lifted slightly and curved inwards
Nt sure why, but the large red cable from battery to the winch solenoid seems to be very tight against the side of the fuse box and is bucklign the side of the fuse box cover slightly
So water had got in and was lying on the inside surface of the fuse box in the area of the rearmost line of relays and 2 empty sockets
Pulled both wiper relays, corroded contacts, cleaned, up dried out the area with a heat gun on low, sprayed some WD40 in the area and wiped clean, wipers worked for a while and stopped again - suspect relays - checked fuse again, still ok
One relay has part code 5M5T-14B192-BA ++ 104661C BUTZA V23074-A1001-X77 (made in Portugal)
Second relay has part code 48D 965 453-04 12/10/20A (Hella
When I google the first relay, it mainly comes up as a Ford relay
the second one just comes up as a Hella relay - which is what it is
any suggestions as to the best - I'd normally choose the Hella as a trusted brand
Thanks
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13th Feb 2024 11:28 am
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10365
I suspect one has been replaced before. Don’t read too much into it.
As long at the replacement has the correct number of pins. 5?
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