Guest CLB76 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 Hi could anybody please help as my windscreen wipers on my berlingo van 2004 year sometimes dont work then they work on there own and start working after the key is removed then another time they wont work at all? I`ve checked all the fuses and they seem fine nothing blown there. Please help.Thank you for taking the time to read this. Quote
Guest Chris Eccles Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 First, you have my sympathy.-The electrics on the Berlingo are a bloody nightmare.In all other respects, it's a great little van.-I now have a switch on the dash which connects 12Vstraight to the wiper motor, and a microswitch under thecrank arm of the middle wiper axle to cut supply at theparking point. This is probably (ultimately) the only wayyou'll ever get the wipers to work simply and reliably.-There is a complicated (and utterly unnecessary) systemof pulsed signals sent from the wiper stalk to a microchipwhich is supposed to deal with wiper speed and period.This is the cause of the problems everyone I have spokento has with Berlingo wipers.-Take my advice. Fit a switch, a fuse and some wire.Works great - as it has on countless proper vehicles fordecades before we had all this EMS crap. Chris Quote
Guest CLB76 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 First, you have my sympathy.-The electrics on the Berlingo are a bloody nightmare.In all other respects, it's a great little van.-I now have a switch on the dash which connects 12Vstraight to the wiper motor, and a microswitch under thecrank arm of the middle wiper axle to cut supply at theparking point. This is probably (ultimately) the only wayyou'll ever get the wipers to work simply and reliably.-There is a complicated (and utterly unnecessary) systemof pulsed signals sent from the wiper stalk to a microchipwhich is supposed to deal with wiper speed and period.This is the cause of the problems everyone I have spokento has with Berlingo wipers.-Take my advice. Fit a switch, a fuse and some wire.Works great - as it has on countless proper vehicles fordecades before we had all this EMS crap. ChrisHi thank you for your reply, thats a good idea i will get that looked at the weekend.Once again many thanks. Claire Quote
Guest CLB76 Posted February 14, 2011 Posted February 14, 2011 First, you have my sympathy.-The electrics on the Berlingo are a bloody nightmare.In all other respects, it's a great little van.-I now have a switch on the dash which connects 12Vstraight to the wiper motor, and a microswitch under thecrank arm of the middle wiper axle to cut supply at theparking point. This is probably (ultimately) the only wayyou'll ever get the wipers to work simply and reliably.-There is a complicated (and utterly unnecessary) systemof pulsed signals sent from the wiper stalk to a microchipwhich is supposed to deal with wiper speed and period.This is the cause of the problems everyone I have spokento has with Berlingo wipers.-Take my advice. Fit a switch, a fuse and some wire.Works great - as it has on countless proper vehicles fordecades before we had all this EMS crap. ChrisHi would you be able to give me a bit of info on the wiring up to switch on dash and bits and bobs whats needed? Sorry to be a pain. Many thanks Claire Quote
Guest CLB76 Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Hi thanks again for your advice i`ve had a family friend run the checks on it at the weekend and all is now well, it was the wiper motor its self. Many thanks Claire Quote
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