Wipers come on start up

[tranconfan]

Hi

I've got a 56 plate Transit Connect 200 diesel, ex Royal Mail van. Its been good as gold for the last year of owning it, but has developed a strange problem. The wipers come on when you turn the ignition on after start up by them-self and swipe once or 3 times, then everything goes to normal when the van is running. like there's no fault. It happens only on start up. I've taken the switch off and cleaned the contacts, but that's as far as I've looked at it. Its getting a bit annoying now, anyone got any ideas?

[berzerker]

Does it have auto wipers?

[paul2012]

2003-2009 Connect don't have autowipe.

Check battery. Low battery will turn on wipers briefly when ignition is turned on

[nokivasara]

Mine did the same, turned out to be a chafed wire at the windshield washer pump.

Take the front left wheel and inner fender off and you'll see the washer bottle and the wires going to it, take a look near the connector. On my van one of the wires was broken so I cut the connector off and used crimp-on spade connectors instead.