PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP? FRONT WIPERS NOT PARKING AND NO INTERMITTENT, UNABLE TO FIND WIPER RELAY UNIT IN SERVICE MANUAL!!!!

It's probably the contacts on the wiper gearbox (attached to the motor). The gearboxes are notorious for having too much grease, which leaks out onto the park contacts. Just remove the wiper motor & clean the contacts on the back of the nylon gear wheel, I bet that'll do it

About 2 months ago my wipers did the same for 3 weeks, its a pain to get them to stop at the bottom when you want to switch them off. I was about to get round to repair them but I used them one day and they were working fine again and have been since so yours may sort themselves out as well.
Poster above seems to know what he's talking about so I'll know now what to do if it happens again.

Stephen


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Pardon me to hi jack but how do you get into the bit to get at the wiper motor? i have no haynes manual and want to do this on saturday as mine are playing up too! Thanks

Stu

The wiper motor will be under the black plastic ventilated leaf screen bit at the base of the windscreen, once you've openbed the bonnet. There's about 5 screws hold it in place plus perhaps the rubber seal at the back of the engine bay if it's the same as the Tempra.
From memory it's in 3 sections, if so you may be able to just remove the one over the wiper motor on the drivers side. Once you can see the motor access is easy, but you do have to get the wiper motor off to do the job (no big deal, everything is to hand) It may be worth getting one of those wiper arm removers from a motor factors (about £2) they are worth their weight in gold 'cos getting the wiper arms off may be the hardest part of the job! ( AND You'll need one when your rear wiper packs up, or it's washer tube falls off).
The wiper motors are pretty robust & the design is quite neat, but they put too much grease on the gears, which then gets onto the contacts & stops the parking from working. Just ensure there's enough grease on the gear teeth & remove the rest. Paradoxically, the problem with the rear wiper is exactly the opposite! water leaks down the shaft 'cos there isn't enough grease & over time will seize the shaft. I use silicon waterproof grease on the rear wiper shaft, plus a rubber boot (valve stem oil seal!) as belt & braces job.

what an amazing response mate, thats just the job. I will get that done tomorrow. Thanks very much!
Stu

Bad news did as you said, all went well, but it didnt solve it. Wipers just like before, no intermittent or park!
I reckon the stalk unit maybe at fault? what you think?

Thanks

Stu

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I lost intermittent wipe on our Y plate Brava 1.2 (built Feb '01 so prob little difference). The relay, PCB etc. is inside the motor body and so was advised to swap the entire motor. Ours was a Nippon Denso but bought a Marelli via ebay (Breakers Yard, obviously). Swapped no problem - as long as the connection is the slim rectangular shape which just connects back in. Hope this helps.

Ian