Technical Car/Motor Issues > Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny
Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 14
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 Mon 10 Oct 11 16:06 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
For some time now, on intermittent, my wipers would move an inch or two on the first occasion and then complete the sweep on the next, occasionally.

It's now doing it all the time.

I assumed the pulse sent by the intermittent thingy wasn't of sufficient duration to activate the self-park.

Now, if I use the flick-wipe, it won't self park at all.

I know the self-park used to work on a conductive strip in the motor in days gone by. Do they still do that?

I vaguely recall reading something about an electronic circuit that looks at the wiper motor current load to determine the wiper parking position.

Any suggestions as to where I start pulling things apart?
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 Mon 10 Oct 11 16:17 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - Zero
On a 03 reg almera, its still likely to be the type with a strip or switch in the motor assembly.

Thats where I would be looking.
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 Mon 10 Oct 11 23:43 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - Dave_
>> Thats where I would be looking

I had the same problem on a Rover a few years back. I didn't mess about taking the motor to bits, I just bought a replacement unit from a scrapper.

If I take a wiper motor to pieces, only two outcomes are possible:

1) It's broke, and needs replacing; or
2) It will break during dismantling, and need replacing.
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 Tue 11 Oct 11 12:05 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - Iffy
I agree it's likely to be electro-mechanical, but it may be worth disconnecting the battery to allow all the electronics to reset.

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 Tue 11 Oct 11 13:34 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - -
Sometimes it's only a bit of muck or grease ended up on the park contact, certainly worth a look see assuming the wiper motor is reasonably easy to get too.
My lads Hyundai Coupe was exactly that, cleaned up, regreased and good for another life.
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 Tue 11 Oct 11 23:05 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
I've had a look, ................and ordered a Haynes.

The Kia I can deal with, but I think I need a bit of guidance before tackling the Nissan!
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 Wed 12 Oct 11 01:13 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - VxFan
Found this via a quick google

tinyurl.com/6dm4bgf (links to www.almeraownersclub.com)

Not sure what year Almera it relates to though.
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 Wed 12 Oct 11 10:04 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
I searched that site first, but didn't find anything. My skills are obviously lacking.

Thanks.
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 Wed 12 Oct 11 12:33 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - VxFan
>> I searched that site first,

I didn't search the site, I just put something like "Nissan Almera wiper fault" into google which took me there.
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 Wed 12 Oct 11 10:26 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - TeeCee
Probably a placcy plunger switch in the motor doing the park.

The reason I say that is that when the grease in the assembly gets old and causes the switch to get "sticky", you get exactly those symptoms. That problem was something that invariably occurred at some point with the old Lucas wiper motors.....
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 Wed 19 Oct 11 15:52 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
I've finally got round to doing something about this, but I can't remove the wiper arms. I've undone the retaining nuts, squirted penetrating fluid around the shafts and tapped the end the shafts as hard as I dare, but the blasted things won't come off.

Any suggestions as to what I can try next before I go and buy a specialist tool?
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 Wed 19 Oct 11 19:11 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - carmalade

I would use one of these.The single sided puller is a waste of time.hth



www.sealey.co.uk/PLPageBuilder.asp?id=20&method=mViewProduct&productid=11869
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 Wed 19 Oct 11 20:37 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
The thought of spending twenty-odd quid on a tool to remove a wiper arm induced me to whack it harder with a bigger hammer. I did take two legs off a three-legged puller which I could just get in to apply a little more force. They're off.

The next problem was getting it all out of the scuttle. It went in, so it must come out. There's less paint on some edges now.

The electric plug connection had a devious tongue hidden on the underside that had to levered down to remove the plug.

Unfortunately my wiper motor set-up looks nothing like that on the link above. The metal cover to what probably hides the self-park mechanism is riveted to the base, unlike the plastic clip-on jobby shown. I'm not going to drill them out, as they're too close to the edge and I probably wouldn't be able to fix the top back.

Looks like I'll have to get used to not having self-parking or intermittent wipe.

All this stuff still works on the Kia.
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 Thu 20 Oct 11 11:25 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - -
I suppose post 2000 it was quite likely to be fitted with parts made especially difficult to open or repair.

Now you know what it looks like and how it comes out getting one from a suitable donor car should be a doddle.
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 Fri 21 Oct 11 23:36 
 Nissan Almera - 03 1.5 Intermittant wipe/self park up the swanny - bathtub tom
I asked a main dealer what a replacement would cost, just for a laugh - £328 inc VAT.

They're coming to take me away ha ha. They're coming to take me away ho ho.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzHtm1jhL4
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