Wiper blade intermittent fault

[jonesyp1]

Hi guys has anyone had an issue with their blades working g intermittently on a 2017 Transit custom, they started working out of sink, now my driver side works o its own and the passenger side doesn't work at all, any ideas as to wot it could be please.

Cheers Phil..

[loot]

Mine did it, the left 1 would wipe randomly, they are independent to reach other as in they aren't connected at all by a common linkage.

What I believe it is its the shaft that the wiper arm is bolted to. It can slip in and not read properly. I stripped mine down and adjusted it, I forget how but you end up with play on it. Maybe a washer or just force it out until it sits in the right place. sh*t design really.

[jonesyp1]

OK cheers loot I'll have a go at that I've checked the fuses and they are all ok, was going to check the relays next but will try what you have suggested..

Cheers.....

[loot]

I think the park position for it is in the head and when it moves away from the sensor which I think it works on resistance then it loses the plot and to avoid hitting the other wiper it seems to look for itself. I thought it was can bus or had some weird sensor in the window but it is a simple arrangement. If you get to the head of the wiper arm and where the shaft comes out of the motor pull on that with the idea that it'll come out a bit more and it should move, but it doesn't seem like there's anything actually keeping it out. Bloody Ford.

[burchy35]

Hi,
I had this problem and it ended up being water ingress in the multi plug that connects to the wiper motor. The first time it happened it was done under warranty, supposedly they had to replace part of the front loom (£1200) and a new wiper motor. A year later the other wiper decided to do the same but the warranty had ran out out. Luckily ford still paid 60% parts and labour and they also managed just to replace the multi plug without the loom
But my custom has certainly been put together on a Friday afternoon because of all the trouble I have had with it.
Roy B

[jonesyp1]

Cheers will check that next, I've now managed to remove the blades off the motors, and the passenger side does not move, so its either a relay, water ingress into the plug as suggested or I need a new motor ?

Its only 3 years old, such a nightmare.

[bigfoot4616]

mine went mad last week, just when the weather got really wet. doing loads of ramdom things, either not working at all, just one working, both working on high, and then ended up only the drivwer side would go up and stop by the pillar and not come down for a few minutes and that was only on high speed, at the same time the passenger side would jump up a few inchs then go back down. washer didn't work also.
ford dealer have just fixed it today, i think she said something about a motor but couldn't hear very well on the phone. van is a month out of warranty but ford said they will cover 70% of the £217 cost.

[Jcustom]

Hi
Can anyone explain how water gets into the wiper motor and connection plug ?
Thanks

[jonesyp1]

Hi guys just an update on what happened previously on my above messages, after extensive research into the Ford transit van I discovered they have a massive issue with water ingress into the drive side wiper motor connection which results in your wipers behaving erratic and then they fail, I found my passenger side had stopped working so assumed that was the issue, its not its the driver side motor is the control for both wipers after I removed the driver side motor I found that 2 of the 8 small pins in the connector had broken off due to water ingress I ordered a reconditioned one for £80 and fitted it today and all is working fine, I made a point of tapeing up the plastic connector and also place a bag over the top with cling film to prevent any more water damage I hope I have solved any further water ingress issues..

Hope this helps...Phil.

[jonesyp1]

I do have another problem since putting the wipers back on they are rubbing on the windscreen around where the spring is, and it's left a scratch on my screen I can't seem to work out why its rubbing any ideas...

Just had a phone call off my mate and it seems I put the motor mounts under the fixing points and not on top of them, so I'm about to go and change them which should rectify the problem ., fingers crossed....lol.


Phil.

[dumper]

Do what I do take photos of the job as you do it m8 it’s ease to forget things saves a lot of time easy to check if not sure .

[jonesyp1]

After checking the wiper motors they only go on one way so they are still scratching the windscreen, which I can't understand the bit of wiper blade that's rubbing is the spring on the mechanism, so if anyone knows how to rectify it I'm open to offers please..

Phil.

[jonesyp1]

Well after several attempts to try and adjust my wipers due to them scratching the windscreen around the arm spring mechanism, a friend of mine said did I put the 3rd balance arm which comes off the wiper motor, should fit into a receiver type hole, which I found I pushed the motor arm into this hole/receiver then secured the two fixing bolts, and no more scratching......Happy days...Its only taken my about 4 wks. Lol.

[Jezclayton]

I had this issue and ending up calling into my local Ford dealer who said they had never heard of this issue (don't they always say that) but could book it in for the end of October. F**king hate the b*stards. Started with intermittent operation as described above and then one day washer decided it would go continuously without wipers working at all. Parked up until washer reservoir was empty and then pulled the wiper relay to stop the washer motor running.

I am hoping mine is as simple as a new motor required for the drivers side as I can do that myself. I did remove the nut holding the wiper onto the motor shaft but I couldn't then remove the blade. Is it just a case of using a bearing puller?

[Jezclayton]

Finally found time to take my wiper motor out and sure enough, of the 8 mini pins only 4 remain. After 118 years of production you would think they could make a connector that didn't corrode by now.