Prince_Polaris
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Okay, so in my earlier thread where I got myself a 2003 expedition and nitpicked a lot of minor problems, I am now zeroing in on the only problem left, and also the biggest one: The rear wiper, and the windsheild washers.
In this thread, y'all might remember me having some weird problems with those, and yes, I did have the "Rear glass shaft is messed up and needs too much force to turn, therefore killing the battery" problem. However, that's fixed, and a new one has shown up.
So far, these are the problems:
-The windsheild washer system gives me a "Low fluid level" alert every time I start the car, no matter how much is in the tank. I fiddled with the two plugs coming out of it, and I couldn't seem to see any problems there...
-The washers do work, and right now they still work (even the rear one), but sometimes (haven't seen it happen in a few days) they will sputter a bit, stop working briefly, then it's back to normal.
-Today, my rear wiper stopped working. The arm itself and the rear glass are fine, I can move it with my fingers if I grab the small metal pin. I turned it on this morning, and it shuddered, and got stuck in the center of the window. I got out to check, thinking the rear glass was the problem, and when I got around to the rear of the car, it had returned to neutral. I haven't been able to get it to move again after that.
-When I try to turn on the rear wipers, I hear a quiet mechanical 'Click' from the rear of the car, and all I can determine is that it might be coming from the drivers side. It's not intermittent either, I can turn the rear wiper on and off as many times as I want and I'll hear the little click every time.
On this forum post from 2014, someone mentioned a very similar problem, but not much of a solution. it suggests that the washers and the rear wiper are all on the same circuit- do I maybe have a blown or loose fuse, you think? I sure hope I don't need to go mess with wiring, but if that's what I gotta do then I'll give it a shot, I'm not gonna learn how to take care of my own car by being scared I'll break everything!
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Extra problems:
-People who get in the back of the car seem to have trouble opening the doors, are the door locks on the back doors messed up or are we just doing it wrong? Child locks are off...
-This might be related, today my "door ajar" beep was going off over and over, but after making sure all the doors were firmly closed it only went off one more time as I left the parking lot and it hasn't went off since. So weird...
In this thread, y'all might remember me having some weird problems with those, and yes, I did have the "Rear glass shaft is messed up and needs too much force to turn, therefore killing the battery" problem. However, that's fixed, and a new one has shown up.
So far, these are the problems:
-The windsheild washer system gives me a "Low fluid level" alert every time I start the car, no matter how much is in the tank. I fiddled with the two plugs coming out of it, and I couldn't seem to see any problems there...
-The washers do work, and right now they still work (even the rear one), but sometimes (haven't seen it happen in a few days) they will sputter a bit, stop working briefly, then it's back to normal.
-Today, my rear wiper stopped working. The arm itself and the rear glass are fine, I can move it with my fingers if I grab the small metal pin. I turned it on this morning, and it shuddered, and got stuck in the center of the window. I got out to check, thinking the rear glass was the problem, and when I got around to the rear of the car, it had returned to neutral. I haven't been able to get it to move again after that.
-When I try to turn on the rear wipers, I hear a quiet mechanical 'Click' from the rear of the car, and all I can determine is that it might be coming from the drivers side. It's not intermittent either, I can turn the rear wiper on and off as many times as I want and I'll hear the little click every time.
On this forum post from 2014, someone mentioned a very similar problem, but not much of a solution. it suggests that the washers and the rear wiper are all on the same circuit- do I maybe have a blown or loose fuse, you think? I sure hope I don't need to go mess with wiring, but if that's what I gotta do then I'll give it a shot, I'm not gonna learn how to take care of my own car by being scared I'll break everything!
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Extra problems:
-People who get in the back of the car seem to have trouble opening the doors, are the door locks on the back doors messed up or are we just doing it wrong? Child locks are off...
-This might be related, today my "door ajar" beep was going off over and over, but after making sure all the doors were firmly closed it only went off one more time as I left the parking lot and it hasn't went off since. So weird...