Hello all,
I've run into an issue I couldn't find described anywhere, so hopefully someone here can help.
Today I finally repaired my leaky sunroof drain. It was cracked, or course on the passenger side, right at the elbow that goes through the body. I have almost never completed a more frustrating repair on a passive system...
In order to even see the place where the hose runs through the body, I had to loosen and drop the lower fuse panel. In order to do that, I first disconnected the battery, then I had to unplug the 3 large harness connectors (the orange, green and blue ones on the lower fuse panel. I don't know what they're called...) the 2 gray connectors at the bottom of the panel, and the white wiring connector on the lower right side of the panel. Once I got the god-forsaken drain tube replaced, I re-installed the fuse panel and plugged everything back in. Re-install was fairly simple, and everything plugged back in normally. The repair took a couple days of intermittent work, so the battery was disconnected for about 36 hours.
Now, even with the ignition completely turned off, the rear wiper motor will not stop running. I checked my connectors to make sure nothing was backwards (which is basically impossible) and ensured all my connections were complete. The rear wiper motor is Fuse18 on the lower panel, and everything else with a fuse in that block works perfectly. Front wipers are normal, the rear window washer works normally, but the rear wiper motor now seems to be on a permanently closed circuit, that gets power from the battery even when the ignition is off.
I've started and driven the vehicle, cycled the engine a few times, and the only thing that stopped the wiper motor was pulling the fuse.
I hate wiring and electrical work, and I can't even begin to understand why this is happening. Any suggestions are appreciated.
I've run into an issue I couldn't find described anywhere, so hopefully someone here can help.
Today I finally repaired my leaky sunroof drain. It was cracked, or course on the passenger side, right at the elbow that goes through the body. I have almost never completed a more frustrating repair on a passive system...
In order to even see the place where the hose runs through the body, I had to loosen and drop the lower fuse panel. In order to do that, I first disconnected the battery, then I had to unplug the 3 large harness connectors (the orange, green and blue ones on the lower fuse panel. I don't know what they're called...) the 2 gray connectors at the bottom of the panel, and the white wiring connector on the lower right side of the panel. Once I got the god-forsaken drain tube replaced, I re-installed the fuse panel and plugged everything back in. Re-install was fairly simple, and everything plugged back in normally. The repair took a couple days of intermittent work, so the battery was disconnected for about 36 hours.
Now, even with the ignition completely turned off, the rear wiper motor will not stop running. I checked my connectors to make sure nothing was backwards (which is basically impossible) and ensured all my connections were complete. The rear wiper motor is Fuse18 on the lower panel, and everything else with a fuse in that block works perfectly. Front wipers are normal, the rear window washer works normally, but the rear wiper motor now seems to be on a permanently closed circuit, that gets power from the battery even when the ignition is off.
I've started and driven the vehicle, cycled the engine a few times, and the only thing that stopped the wiper motor was pulling the fuse.
I hate wiring and electrical work, and I can't even begin to understand why this is happening. Any suggestions are appreciated.