Hello everyone, anyone ever experienced this before, since I replaced my battery, the rear wiper on my 2007 4Runner won't stop running unless I take the window down a little. Thank you for your help

Check your hatch ground wire in the hinge area inside that rubber boot or near it. Does it run when the key is off, on, running, or always? If the hatch ground is out, power running through other hatch components can run backward into the ground side of the wiper motor and out to the wiper motor relay.

i know this is for when its not working but maybe it might work . http://www.toyota-4runner.org/proble...look-here.html

Hi scottm, it stops when I turn the ignition off or when I take the back window down. I will check the hatch ground wire.

Thanks for your time

Thanks Chaz, I will check it out...

My dad's '97 vette had this problem. I drove it around for a day and went through a whole tank of washer fluid so people would think it was intentional.

Turns out, it was the wiper motor relay.

Nice...... thanks buddy

I know this is old thread, but I have the same problem. I don't know if you fixed your problem or not. With my rear window all the way up, the rear wiper turns on. Wiper switch is in the off position. Have to crack the window to stop the wiper from actuating. This is not the one swipe thing, the wiper is on continuously with the rear window closed. Any help?

I guess I will just disconnect the wiper motor for now. When I get enough posts I will start my own thread. Thanks..

Any updates on this issue ? I'm having the same problem on my 96 3rd gen.

my wife just bought a 06 4runner and this is one of the issues it had.
i suppose thats why they broke off the wiper arm so it would be less noticeable on the road. the nut and whats left was rusted solid. i was able to get it off with some penetrant and puller.

on the issue of not stopping, i read through a lot of the threads that i thought could be related.
- at first the rear window was sluggish, i dont know if that is normal. took a couple of seconds to respond to the down button. i read about the normalization and did it twice.
- wiper would keep running even when the rear wiper switch is off, it goes to home position when key is turned to off,
- battery is just past a year old. and its 97% capacity according to my battery tester so it cant be that.
- rear washer doesnt work. checking the fuses. i noticed that the 15A fuse for the RR WSH on the left hand of the steering wheel is missing the fuse.
i put one in and now the washer works. and i noticed the wiper stopped moving!
i tested it with the rear wiper switch and now it works normally!

my conclusion is that it needs all the fuses (shown below) to be working for it to be normal.

hope that helps.

update:
one other thing i just noticed. the rear driver side brake light was dim before the fix. now its as bright as the passenger side.
i realized aside from the dim brake light, the sluggishness of the rear window is really bec it didnt have enough power. now it work instantly.

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I have a similar issue with my rear wiper not going off. The difference is that it runs when the key is OFF and the switch for the wiper is off. In addition to the rear wiper running, the alarm will go off randomly and the clock on the dash stays on all the time even with the key off.

The battery is brand new and the alternator tests OK.

Truck is a 2007 Limited V8, 215,xxx miles.

Having the same issue as Ace Cannon? Did you figure it out?

Curious if you ever fixed your issue KC?

Mine has been doing this today too

Car alarm goes off, I click the remote to stop it, then the rear window wipers start moving.

Curious if anyone has had this and fixed it? Right now I've just got my car unlocked but I am pretty sure it's going to start again once I lock it. This has happened twice in a row