Buggy-FC3S

I need help. My wipers won't stop. It only stops after i turn the car off. It's driving me nuts. It's on while the switch is set to "OFF." Because of that i couldn't drive it to school today. Another thing where is the fuse box inside the car?

I just bought the car last week and i didn't get to drive it 'til today, because of registration.

Can u guys help me with my out of control wipers plz....Thanx.

Buggy-FC3S

another this is when i turn the switch which ever way it either goes faster or slower but never turns off.

I don't know where the fuse box is to pull the fuse to turn if off temporarily, just for now until i fix it.

Turbonut

iTrader: (1)

Sounds as though switch is shot. Mark (Icemark) repairs them. In the meantime disconnect the wiring at the wiper motor. When wipers near bottom of windshield, pull wire off motor. Facing car, left side of firewall.

MaxRX7

or take out the fuse (located to the left of the clutch pedal)

Buggy-FC3S

Thanx. Now i need to know how to fix it. If you know how plz tell me it would be a great help.

ilike2eatricers

Icemark (one of the forum moderators) repairs wiper switches. Take a look.

http://www.mazdamark.com

Buggy-FC3S

Umm take a look at what??
The site you showed me didn't tell me how to repair it.
Sorry i guess i'm kind of slow.

Do i need to replace any of the switches or i just need to do something in the car to fix it??

Thanx for helping me...

ilike2eatricers

I dont know how to repair them but icemark does.

ilike2eatricers

I dont know how to repair them but icemark does.

Icemark

You can either repair them (if you are good with a soldering iron and willing to take them apart), or you can buy a new one, or you can buy rebuilt ones. On my site I sell rebuilt ones, and also make available the offer to rebuild yours for you.

If you want to try and do it yourself, I have posted quite a few times on this website on how to repair them (including detailed pictures on what relay needs to replaced). There are also several other sites that have it posted. You may wish to use the search function found in the upper right hand corner of this page.

But take into consideration that about 1/3 the time they fail, they fail because of some other issue other than the relay. And 1/8 of the time it is actually related to a bad motor.

If you want to just buy a brand new switch, Mazdatrix usually has the best price on brand new.

Digi7ech

iTrader: (1)

Thats' exactly what ahppened to me when my wiper switch got fried by a mechanic.

I had Icemark send me a rebuilt and DAMN! does it work well! It's my first ever RX7 with Functioning wipers(in every setting)!

RunningDeer

Well, were it me I'd buy a rebuilt from Mr. Icemark... better than paying $400 for a new unit, like I did last time. But, if you insist on doing it yourself, try this and you'll probably still end up buying from Icemark
>http://teamfc3s.org/info/articles/wipers.html

Buggy-FC3S

Well how much is for a rebuilt one Icemark??

Icemark

I can't post that here because that crosses the fine line of advertising issues with this board, but you can check it out on my website that ilike2eatricers listed above, as well as don't forget I give a $10 credit back to you for your old switch when you send it in.

hugues

usually, it's the relay(s) that need to be replaced. Case of wipers only working at one speed. That's what the rx-7 faq that's floating around talks about.

when the wipers don't turn off but everything else works, it's probably the rotary switch itself that's broke. I don't know how you can fix that and I don't know how Mark fixes it if that's the problem. I'd like to know though.

hugues -

Buggy-FC3S

Technically every thing works, but the problem is when i turn it to "OFF" the wipers go faster it's like putting it "ll", so could it be the switch or something else??

Icemark

I have enough wiper cores with other things broken on them (like screw holes and other plastic issues) that I just clean and then swap the switch parts, if that is the issue.

nima_taba

YO I have the EXACT same problem. Just like you said, in all modes except "I" it goes like its in mode "II". It's annoying as hell too.

I figured out how to turn it off without pulling the fuse tho. Turn the car off, put the switch on off. Push the wipers manually down all the way until they lock at the bottom of the windsheild. Now turn the car on again and they should stay down until the next time you turn them on.

Icemark, I am interesting in buying a new switch from you.

Nima