... the radio/wipers go dead... radio and the wipers share #44... fuse 44 had blown again...
... to the dealer this morning. They found the short in the switch on the steering wheel column for the wipers!!!
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Wiper motor switch mentioned in #2 in here:... wiper motor... keep blowing fuses. Motor was working fine then all of sudden it started blowing fuses. I have read that there is a micro switch inside the motor that seems to go bad... Is there a wiper control module and if so, where is it located?