Intermittant wipe

Daves W202

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Oh dear another problem has risen its head today. On intermittant wipe 1st setting the wiper wipes the screen once just as the switch is turned to the 1st intermittant position then nothing only 1 wipe. What could this be?
 

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I do not think that a 202 can have auto wipers, these just sweep once when operated until it rains
 

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Intermittant (position 1) is one wipe, over and back, every 5 seconds.

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The 202 could be specified with auto wipers

Test by spraying water on the centre of the screen near the top when the wiper control is on position 1

Or post up your VIN and some one could check the datacard
 
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No it just wipes once when u put them on they dont go every 5 seconds 1 wipe an thats it. Doesnt have auto wipe.
 

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Position 2 works correctly?
 
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Yeah 2 and 3 work fine.
 

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So, position 1 was working correctly until today?

Do you have the datacard?
 
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I bought the car on ebay last wednesday an today was the first time ive used the wipers. I dont have the datacard. Used to have a w124 with the same wiper stalk but never any problems like this.
 

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Does the intermittent work when you're driving ? On my 202, the intermittent setting gives a sweep about once every 5 seconds, when I'm driving. When the car is stationary (eg at lights) they stop until the car moves off again. It's to prevent the wipers working on a dry screen.
 
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I bought the car on ebay last wednesday an today was the first time ive used the wipers. I dont have the datacard. Used to have a w124 with the same wiper stalk but never any problems like this.

You cannot tell by the stalk if the car has auto-wipers or not.

Post up the VIN and some one will generate the datacard for you
 

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Another way to check for auto wipers is to leave the stalk set to 1 and each time you turn on the ignition they will give one sweep, it will tell you nothing about auto wipers on the stalk as they are all the same. When driving with the switch set to 1 you must have enough rain where you are to check to see if the run till the screen is cleared
 
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Found the problem turns out it does have rain sensing wipers but there was an aa sticker over the sensor removed it they work fine.
 


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