Fixed my intermittent wipers not working on 2003 4runner
GREAT JOB VH2001 here is my story...
about 3 yrs ago after it snowed, went to get in my 4 runner, turned on the wipers, they didnt move, thought i shut them off but guess i didnt.. clear the snow and then my wipers only worked on low and high and they stopped where ever they were when i put to intermittent or off, so the last 3 yrs i been using just low and high and putting it to off really fast when the wipers got to the bottom. WHAT A PAIN, didnt want to pay the dealer a small fortune to fix it. I tried the motor a while back i got from advance, didnt fix issue, so i took back. toyota said it probably was the switch and wanted like 400 for the part and replace it. I was about ready to take it in when I came across this topic as a last ditch effort to see if anyone else had the problem... one guy replaced the switch for 120 and his worked and after reading VH2001s reply and what he did, replaced the RELAY... I bought 2 (1 spare) at was $14 including shipping. I replaced it saturday and now my working work fine you saved me a ton of money GREAT JOB VH2001 and thank you so much. To any anyone else... he has a PDF on how to take it out and replace it, easy as pie takes a few mins to take out, like 5 screws total, 3 on the column for the cover and 2 for the switch, also connector and its out in your hand, that simple. follow his PDF and you will be fine...
hope this helps others if they have the same issue and probably also caused by trying to clear the snow the wrong way as I did LOL wont do that again HINT!!! clear the snow the correct way and not use your wipers as you might burn up your intermittent also if there is to much snow LOLOLOL
