Update..

I just did this repair as I did it wrong before. This time I followed madeinjapan's extremely helpful instructions and got them working correctly.

In addition I disassembled the linkage itself, cleaned and greased it. My wipers had always been slow even on high so this made a major ...

I had the exact same thing, the long plastic piece has to come off and there were about eight wires that had been pinched together causing them to arc, melt, smoke and make the car not run.

My mechanic did the soldering and insulating of the wires, the car has never run better meaning that must ...

Thanks again for this writeup. Turns out my electrical issues were from pinched wires in the steering column part of the wiring harness. They had pinched together and then melted causing arching. Had a mechanic solder splice in new wire pieces and insulated them. The steering adjustment seemed to ...

Can anyone recommend a good pick n' pull in the Los Angeles area? I have an 850 that needs some help.

Hi MadeInJapan, first off, thank you for being the only one on the internet who has written about this issue. Like you said, the wiper arm issue is what comes up on every other search.

I've been chasing an electrical issue, if the washer pump and wiper motor are plugged in, the fuse blows. If the ...

Hi everyone, I am mostly a lurker and a very big fan of this site. I have learned a lot on here already so thanks!

I too am having this exact same issue, the washer pump being disconnected stopped the fuse from blowing. One weird thing is for the first time since this has been happening, trying to ...