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electrical smoke from defroster???

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Old Feb 14, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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electrical smoke from defroster???

this morning I went out & started the truck & hit the wipers & they were frozen to the windshield, so I turned the heat all the way up & turned the defrost on & then the fan to the max, & in a couple of seconds the vents started belching out smoke, I killed the fan & then the motor, got out & checked the belt & it was fine, & looked for any electrical connections that may still be frying, but found nothing, I pulled the dash bezel to see if it could by chance be connections on the CD player, it's aftermarket & I didn't install it, everything looked fine there as well, I started the truck back & it was fine, other than the stinch of the smoke, when I got the wipers thawed out they worked fine on high & low, but any of the settings for the delay just cause them to go up & then stick?????? could it have been something in the wiper motor???? thanks in advance for any help,Dusty
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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Could have been something in the wiper motor or wires to it.

Last year mine were frozen to the windshield and I turned them on thinking they would break free. It burnt the wiper motor up and I had to get a new one from advance. Mine didn't work at all after that, unlike yours.

Sounds like yours is in the wiring since mine quit working all together.
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