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Old 08-09-2014, 06:35 AM
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Any one experience windshield wipers that would turn on, on their own? If so what ended up being the problem?
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Old 08-09-2014, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by RenegadeUL13
Any one experience windshield wipers that would turn on, on their own? If so what ended up being the problem?
99% of the time electrical gremlins are related to bad grounds. First thing always is to find the ground and clean/tighten it.
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Old 08-10-2014, 09:45 AM
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The ground for the windshield wipers? Any idea where one would find such a thing?
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The TIPM can cause poltergeist types of things happening when one of the main grounds is loose or corroded.
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Check the connections on the bottom of the tipm. If you unplug the tipm the windshield wipers will turn on by themselves so the first thing I would check is the connections there
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Mine does this on its own every couple days when I turn on my left turn signal my wipers make one pass. Dealer has no clue or ever heard of this.
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Originally Posted by ohio12jk
Mine does this on its own every couple days when I turn on my left turn signal my wipers make one pass. Dealer has no clue or ever heard of this.
In that case I would say something in the wheel maybe the clock spring
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Same :( "Mine does this on its own every couple days when I turn on my left turn signal my wipers make one pass. Dealer has no clue or ever heard of this."
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This just in! Now, my iPod is shutting off randomly!! F*ck, I'm so over this jeep! Was in just last week for transmission Gremlin, now this.
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Update. I loosened and re-set the battery terminals. And thought the gremlins presented themselves once, I have had no more reoccurrences to what was becoming a daily thing. Hope this problem is solved.
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