Ok, for a long time my wind shield wipers haven't worked. As soon as I turn them on, pop goes the fuse.

So awhile back, I tried hunting down the problem (again), and I figured out something weird. If I pull the entire steering column down, and put in a fuse, the wipers work fine. As soon as I bolt everything back up, turn them on, pop goes the fuse. This is very frustrating, and I have checked every wire I can find down there. I really don't understand what the hell is going on. Anyone have ANY ideas?


It really sux not being able to drive my car in the rain.

 

Have you checked the wires running down the inside of the steering column.

 

Yeh...sounds like one of them is getting pinched when the slack gets removed.

 

Does it blow the fuse when the wiper motor is un-plugged?
If so, you can use the old “test lamp in place of a fuse” trick to track down the short.
Remove the bad fuse and insert both leads of a 12 volt test light into the fuse box connections. Un-plug the wiper motor/s so that there is no load on the circuit that would normally draw power. Turn on the wiper switch, if the test light glows there is a short to ground. Play around with the wires under the dash until the lamp goes out, then move one wire at a time to find the one that makes the light glow. This way you can find the source of the short much faster without burning up a bunch of fuses.