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Old Aug 1, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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I tried searching and to no avail have I found an answer.
when I first start my car in the morning and turn the wipers on to get the dew off I turn it to the first intermittent position and it works fine, I turn them off after I'm done with the first stretch of my commute, if I try to turn them back on in any position other than low or high they don't work.
after I make my morning coffee stop I can turn them on to any intermittent position and their fine until I turn them off or to low/high and it's back to only low and high working.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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no one has any Ideas i take it.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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My guess is you have a bad pulse board module.

It's attached right to the wiper motor. I think they cost about $40??
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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Is there any tell tail way to know for sure that this is the culprit?
Thanks for your reply too.
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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Sorry, I don't know how to test it, but my money's on the board.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Thanks very much for your help, I will grab the manual and have a look at it and at $40 wtf, I've wasted more on nothing
Thanks again.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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My wipers use to do that too. I took it to the dealership, they said that it was the board inside the wiper motor that was acting like a pissed off panda. They fixed it for around $80 and it worked more consistently after that; but...then they said that I would benefit from a new multi switch (turn signal/wiper control/cruise control switch) cause the connector or something was worn out...but it's been working pretty good for the better part of year since?!
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 12:51 AM
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sounds like the board to me. chevy is notorious for this problem. it happens to several of their model vehicles such as the silverado pickup. my dad has a silverado truck and his used to do that until he replaced that bs chip (board) on the wiper motor. he used to jiggle the wires that feed the board a lil bit when they wouldnt work until they started to work.
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