So i get in my car and start it up, i turn my wipers to the first setting. The one that wipes once ever 5 seconds or so, and as i drive down the road i notice that i hasnt wiped once since i left my house. So i turn it on the second setting and it works fine, so does the 3rd setting - the really fast one. So now im stuck with either fast windsheild wipers, or off. Why did my car all of a sudden decide that it doesnt want to use the first setting anymore? this is frustrating, now i have to manualy do it every 10 seconds or so. I have a 1998 Civic EX if that helps.

 

my car does the same thing?

 

I know on older civics (90) it is controlled by the ICU (grey box on the back of the interior fuse box).

Probably the same on yours (I will check the helms when I get a chance).

Check your fuses and if all are good head to the local salvage yard - it is about $5 @ pull apart (they call it a large relay - which it is (it is more than one actually.....))

 

My dome light and intermitten wipers are on the same fuse in my car. check the fuses

 

Does anyone have a helms for 98 Civic EX? I dont know what fuse it is for the wipers/rear dome light

 

I just pulled out ever single fuse and looked at them, none of them are broken, can a fuse be blown and still not look broken? If not then what should i do now?

 

ttt

 

most likely the combo switch. Real common problem on those cars.

 

Same thing on my car, 92 hatch.....very annoying

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Fix the Intermittent Wipers on
’92-97 Civics
If the intermittent wiper feature doesn’t work on a
’92-97 Civic, do this:
1. Check the fuse. On ’92-95 Civics, it’s fuse No. 3 in
the under-dash fuse/relay box. On ’96-97 Civics, it’s
fuse No. 43 in the under-hood fuse/relay box. If the
fuse is OK but the intermittent feature doesn’t work,
continue with step 2.
2. Check the input from the ignition key switch to the
integrated control unit (ICU). An open in the ICU
input wire means that someone cut it to install an
aftermarket security system, or the ignition switch is
faulty.
On ’92-95 Civics, test the BLU/WHT2 wire. (Refer
to page 23-183 of the ’95 Civic S/M.)
On ’96-97 Civics, test the BLU/RED wire. (Refer
to pages 23-138 of the ’96-97 Civic S/M.)
</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

very good info right there, my car had an aftermarket security alarm....bet thats what did it.....thanks for the good info

 

FIXED!!!! Go into the fuse box under the hood, its the 7.5 fuse near the back, it will show you on the top of the box which one. It says its only for the dome light, but i guess for some reason it controls part of the wipers, because mine work fine now.

 

hah... almost exactly one year later, I'm having the same problem on my 95 Integra... about to go out now and check the fuse(s)


edit... got it figured out by swapping the 7.5A fuse under the dash....


Modified by .y2a. at 8:09 PM 1/2/2006

 

My mom has a 98 si and there is also a problem with the intermittent wiper setting. When you put them on that setting they don't go the full distance. They keep stopping and starting in random places on the windshield. Any ideas?