Mikes3500

my windshield wipers not working at first then suddenly started working. Then next time I started truck they didn’t work until I put it into drive and they came on and I turned them to intermittent and they wouldn’t work at all. Drove home with no wipers. Any idea what would cause this?

Mikes3500

ok fixed it! Started looking for a loose ground, bumped the relay that was screwed high on the firewall that I think was for the stock fuel lift pump and the wipers moved. I just replaced the lift pump with a air dog and it came with a new relay so I had relocated the stock one over a few inches and screwed it to the firewall, I noticed when I bumped it that it had a small wire coming off the back of the mount (ground wire) when I moved it it sparked and the wipers moved. Bingo it’s fixed. Why they put the ground there I don’t know. The relay is no longer used or plugged into anything but the ground wire for the wipers is attached.

BarryG

Glad you found it the same thing happened to me years ago on my 01.

Mikes3500

This is an 01 also.