FORD F150 Windshield Wiper stays on - Real FIX without Part Replacement. EASY DIY

[@kerryhatcher]

:UPDATE: Fix worked like a charm. Took me less than 20 min to complete. Thanks!!! ~~~~~ Can’t wait to give this a try. This has been an infuriating problem. Nothing like taking the truck to the mechanic only for it not to show itself….

[@HowToDoitright]

Glad I could help!

[@raymondcordova128]

Do I use electrical grease or paste ?

[@illskillz05]

Thanks for the vid. Did you say you reapplied the thermal paste or lithium grease, or just cleaned it off?

[@jordanbarbour6463]

I have a 2014 F150. Was excited to do this as my wipers are currently stuck on the lowest setting. I followed the videos instructions (which lays the step by step out nicely) however my issue was not resolved. Not trying to be a negative Nelly, just an fyi to other folks with the same problem that it is not a guaranteed fix. Appreciated the video none the less.

[@HowToDoitright]

Thank you for sharing. You may want to open the contacts and clean it. It may be one of the contacts. Watch this video. and do clean the grease. I said no in video but later I learned I removed and applied new one. Ford F150 wiper stays on? Easy fix kzbin.info-kM0KB8lnqg?feature=share

[@EricTireguy]

Didn't work for Me either.

[@MrJohnso]

I just did it and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the quick walk through. I had to buy a T10 screw driver but it was only like 6 bucks. Versus what some rip off dealer would charge, definitely an easy fix and this video was helpful.

[@Mototardpaul]

Holy crap this actually worked on my 2020 work truck, it was driving me insane! Thank you for posting.

[@jmtigerfan4765]

Thanks for the video. Every “solution” I’ve read or video I watched just changed out the part. I wanted to know why the part failed and if it could be fixed. My part didn’t have any corrosion like yours, it was covered in what I believe is white lithium grease. I removed the circuit board like you did and simply bent the 2 small contacts up a little and it appears to have solved the problem. The 3 contacts appear to be for the blinkers, and the other 2 for the wipers. Thanks for saving me the time and money of buying a replacement part. Cheers.

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@TheRealWillRobinson]

I tried the repair and thought it worked but unfortunately it did not. But it did give me the confidence to replace the multi switch function altogether. I took the windshield motor fuse out after locating it in my trucks manual and just waited for the part I ordered to come in. The part took longer than expected to come which is why I just took the fuse out but kept it in a safe place in my truck in case I needed to pop it back in to actually use the windshield wipers. The problem now is officially fixed! I’d say if you don’t want to save yourself some money order your part needed through Amazon because I paid $21 as opposed to $58 or $61 autozone and other car stores were charging.

[@HowToDoitright]

Thanks for sharing

[@IseeMillions49]

I watched your video,and I have a 1999 Ford expedition that has been well cared for very well cared for and I tried your idea, and it worked well. Thanks a lot for the video.

[@herbertjames7595]

Thank you, so much!!!! Easy clean and worked without a hitch. Highly recommend everyone to try doing this first. If it doesn't work then do a replacement module which only costs about $60.00. It's be the same basic process. Pop old one out and put the new one in. DO NOT GO TO THE DEALER unless you really have too. This is far too easy of a DIY.

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@pauldaniels6238]

Thank you for the video as you saved me $400 from mechanic shop charges. If you were in Texas I would buy you lunch. 😊

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@jt_schell]

Thanks friend! I was able to solve the same issue on my '19 150. Funny enough the only difficulty I had was putting the steering wheel cover back on. Just had to spend like $5 at home Depot (to get a 3/8 to 1/4 drive adapter and a 5.5 mm socket), instead of probably $500 at the dealership lol. Epic!

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@rickluden2103]

Just did this on my 2020 F150...seems to be working so far! Thank you!

[@HowToDoitright]

Great to hear!

[@tnangler]

THANKS for making this video for us..! This worked and saved me ~$100. Very grateful..!

[@jamescor1491]

Thank you for posting this video, I’ve been dealing with this issue on and off for sometime also, but now because of your video I can fix my problem.

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@mr.m1394]

I cleaned it out.There was a lot of gunk in there.Thought I had it fixed but ended up having to buy a new part after market lot cheaper. Replaced it myself but love having the knowledge from your video for the future.

[@GregThrasherTechGuy]

That's not thermal paste on the connector. It's dielectric grease. It is nonconductive and helps keep moisture and debris out of the connector. If the problem IS being caused by a short at the connector, you should reapply dielectric grease before reinstalling. Btw...thermal paste is also nonconductive, so the same would apply with that, as well. The fix was probably from cleaning the other parts of the switch rather than cleaning the connector.

[@HowToDoitright]

You could be right

[@jonnybrapp418]

Thanks bro ! It worked ! I had to clean the backside for it to work . I should have listened the first time lol . Thank you 🙏

[@HowToDoitright]

Glad I could help

[@brainteezer197]

Didn't work for me 😢. I cleaned both sides of the contacts. Mine is an f150 2017, but everything looked the same as in your video. Any other suggestions? Is it new part time?

[@brainteezer197]

Update. After 2 driving cycles, it is now fixed. Not sure why it didn't work immediately though. My drive to work is 1/4 mile so maybe it needed a bit more?

[@bigb7725]

This works. Just did my 2011. Took all of 20min. Thanks for sharing.

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@awehnert235]

Thanks, I already ordered a replacement part on Amazon, but I'll try this now, and if it works on my 2016 F150, I'll cancel the order!

[@oskarhaas824]

Thanks a lot. It was really about 10 minutes not more. I have a 2018 F150 King Ranch. Absolut easy. Thanks again for this video

[@HowToDoitright]

Glad it helped. I figured it out as I was looking for a solution without changing the actual part. Glad it’s helping everyone. Please like and subscribe as it helps my channel supporting charity :)

[@serotonin67]

Thank you for this. Just fixed my 2016 Lariat with this same method. Cleaned the pins with a little air pressure. So, after coating the pins in the alcohol, and attempting a tissue, I put a little air pressure from a tire pumper thing.

[@arjelfalcon5121]

Thank you!!! Well detailed how to get it out and the tools required to do the job. The only thing I will suggest is to carefully lift the 5 pins; 3 lower and the 2 up so the switch makes a good connection after installation. Once again thank you

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@BIGTRUCK7.3]

Was really helping this would fix my issue but it didn't I did exactly what you said and it's still on. So I ended up ordering a new switch we'll see if it works

[@codykohutek8925]

After the new switch did it work? Dealing with the same issue

[@BIGTRUCK7.3]

@@codykohutek8925 Yes I ordered a new switch off of Amazon $26 It fixed the issue

[@BIGTRUCK7.3]

@@codykohutek8925 both the Ford part and the part I bought said made in China , so figured I'd give it a shot and save myself 40 bucks lol

[@coreysilverado]

I tried cleaning both parts twice on my 2016 Ford f150 the same way as you using the 91% alcohol but it still didn't work. I had order the replacement part and installed that after my failed attempt. I saw the comments about lifting the pins which seem to help our. I will try to play with this idea. I have a while to return my new one but I can't keep using the faulty one until it's fixed because it's driving me crazy. Thanks for the video, you did a great job!

[@juglr]

So are you supposed to replace that white grease? I cleaned it off and it’s working, but what exactly is that if I need to replace it. You mention thermal paste in the video but you don’t show it being replaced.

[@HowToDoitright]

You don’t have it. I didn’t

[@BrianZimmerman-i1l]

NICE !!! Worked great. Thanks for your help and advice!! Keep smiling and have a GREAT week. Brian

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@tnvolfireman]

Thanks for the video. I was about to order a new control when I found your video. Saved me some time and money. Thanks again.

[@adamtschmidt4303]

Quick question: do you think the crud could affect the blinker frequency? Cause I replaced mine (didn't see your video) fixed the wiper issue, but the left turn blinker pulses alot faster than my right turn blinker.

[@HowToDoitright]

Seems like you may have a bad blinker bulb? Normally bad resistance cause the blinker to go fast which is an indication of a bad bulb. Check all front and rear bulbs

[@adamtschmidt4303]

@@HowToDoitright all the blinkers flash so maybe I need to look closer

[@spartan2010100]

Hi I have the same issued on my 2017 F-150, also every time that wiper goes on, the headlights goes on to! So I will try to do that to see what happen! Thank for that video 👍

[@JL-bn1pw]

Thanks so much I fixed it with your help. First time fixing anything on my own car related 🎉🎉🎉

[@HowToDoitright]

Good job this is what this channel is all about where you can do things to yourself and save yourself a lot of money. Please subscribe and give it a thumbs up. I will appreciate it. Motivates me to post more good videos to help others. Thanks.

[@luigiwoschion]

Had the same issue, problem solved thanks your video. Really easy fix and free

[@Mike-kz7ot]

What ya doing reading the comments? Just watch the mans’ video and use the knowledge he’s passed on to you to fix your wipers. Once that’s done, revel in the fact that he’s saved you a bunch of money. Then immediately come back here and like and subscribe.

[@HowToDoitright]

Thank you!

[@bradoxner2992]

Worked perfectly Sir, thank you for posting!!

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@mr.m1394]

You are the MANNNNNN....THANKS GONNA TRY THIS

[@HowToDoitright]

Did it work?

[@blackwolf22303]

Wow, thanks! I replaced it for $26 but wanted to clean the old one too. I should have cleaned it first 😂

[@jonfelmey9691]

This was exactly my issue. Thank you!

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@kellygardner9917]

Sadly this did not work for me. Went back multiple times with electrical contact cleaner and still no dice. Thank you for posting this though!!! It gave me hope and that’s what I needed

[@HowToDoitright]

You can buy a new part from Amazon for like around 30bucks.

[@kellygardner9917]

@@HowToDoitright so funny story…I went to the hardware store to get more dielectric grease because out of desperation I cleaned the contacts under circuit board off. anyway, as I was driving, the wipers went back to normal. Stupid thing started working as designed. So Yea!!! Also, as I was reapplying the grease, I figured out that the contacts under the circuit board are for blinker (three pin contact) and high beams (four pin contact). Hopefully this continues to work as designed. Thanks again!

[@HowToDoitright]

@@kellygardner9917it’s possible it will come back. It happened to me after I did this it worked fine for few months and then came back. I then cleaned and put back and it worked for few months and came back. At the end I got fed up and just bought a replacement on Amazon and replaced it and it’s been good since then. This procedure is temporary as I think the issue might be with the chip inside.

[@benkoops6815]

Thanks so much for the video and teaching

[@HowToDoitright]

You are very welcome

[@fayrobinson1870]

Thank you. Followed step by step. So much help , in one video.

[@HowToDoitright]

Glad it helped!

[@livinginplacercounty7561]

I feel like I should send you a beer. This was an easy fix thanks to your vid. Thank you!

[@HowToDoitright]

I don’t drink beer but you can definitely send me a super thanks below :)

[@nesbybostick810]

My dads 2022 f 150 stx has this same problem so hope fully this fixes it without spending a lot of money to fix it.

[@HowToDoitright]

Good luck. Also watch this video. Ford F150 wiper stays on? Easy fix kzbin.info-kM0KB8lnqg?feature=share

[@sharid731]

Thank you for the How To video. I’m going to try this on my daughter’s 2012 F150. FYI, it can’t be the humidity as we live in WI where the temp has been -8 during the day. 🥶😂

[@kameronfarrell779]

I'm going to try this on my 18 F150 stupid wiper automatically came on during a car wash so the wipervarm is bent in the halfway position boght a new arm taking apart the plastic tomorrow to access wiper linkage if anyone has any recommendations please lmk thanks for the info as well

[@vincentbattle1040]

Replaced mine 2 weeks ago but I'm going to take a closer look at the old one

[@HowToDoitright]

Definitely do not throw it. It’s good

[@75chuchi]

Thank you for the video! I saved a lot money!!

[@WizardOfWhoopee]

Work Buddy's 2018 started doing this. I'll help him fix.

[@Kulsmash]

Thank you, that was huge. I was trying to get my Forscan to stop the automatic wiping, but if it is the manual part of the wiper being triggered, then it wouldn't have mattered. (or maybe it wouldn't have, but regardless, better to hit the cause of the problem)

[@HowToDoitright]

I don’t have automatic wipe on mine. No sensors plus this issues isn’t caused by that. It’s the switch itself.

[@smit7120]

Have the same issue on my 2015 about to get started here in a min

[@mikef1233]

Thanks, it worked!

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@teddy_flips]

Does this work for a 2016 F150?

[@HowToDoitright]

Yes

[@sharkbait5402]

Problem solved! Awesome video. Thank you

[@watcherdan7437]

Great thanks yes mine does the same thing.

[@inderjitsingh8654]

Yes 👍 the rain or water cause the problem . Yesterday was raining and the mirror was little open and happened to me That cause it believe

[@sabrinascott4291]

It worked for a little bit on my 2019 and ended up replacing the part a week later

[@HowToDoitright]

I can guarantee it wasn’t cleaned properly

[@sabrinascott4291]

@@HowToDoitright it was. I followed exactly what you said using a toothbrush, the 91 alcohol and cotton swabs. Was very careful not to wipe off the oil on the circuit board. There was no white stuff let AT ALL which happened to be a creamy white substance. It’s cool though.

[@savagelife5660]

Thanks a lot, I almost bought a new one..

[@tonyp2707]

Didn’t work for me but great video replaced part 60$ not bad EASY!

[@HowToDoitright]

Yeah it’s a hit or miss. Worked for me.

[@sonnyv727]

Are you in Palm Beach? I recognized the Texas Roadhouse there on Southern. 😂

[@HowToDoitright]

Haha good observation. Yes I’m on Lyons and southern in west Palm beach

[@BoxcarJerry]

Great video thanks for sharing it out , subbed you as well. I'm having this issue with my 2015 , it looks like an easy fix even to replace the stalk . Take care .

[@MRRLopez]

Cool 😎 👍

[@cliffness420]

If you want 100% alcohol, add table salt to it. It will separate the water from the alcohol. Or just youtube it there's a guy that shows you how to do it

[@timgelder4263]

It worked! Thank you!

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@jhockenberry02]

Thankyou !!!!!!!❤

[@HowToDoitright]

Glad it helped. Please like and subscribe as it helps my channel support charity and yes you can support it too by donating to PayPal id: [e-mail]. No amount is small :)

[@soxnpats4lyfe]

Ughh. No dice. This just adds to the laundry list of issues from my 2020 F150 in the past 6 months.

[@lewis84fan1965]

My issue is that the washer moter comes on randomly.

[@spn455]

going at it today, wish me luci

[@HowToDoitright]

Good luck. Easy job. Let us know how it worked. Just make sure clean it good

[@garrison8215]

Thanks a bunch.

[@HowToDoitright]

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[@thomasdaum1927]

Thanks !……

[@HowToDoitright]

You're welcome!

[@thomasdaum1927]

@@HowToDoitright Just replaced the arm on my2016 F 150 as per your video , worked perfectly ! Thanks .

[@shawnwegner3746]

Thank you . Ford wanted to sell me a new one and charge me to program a new one .

[@HowToDoitright]

Wow there is no programming needed even if you buy one.

[@charlesbennett1683]

Great

[@bwyyy7306]

My wipers were always on, after I replace the controller for the heater fan, it had lost all but the high setting, the wipers returned to normal

[@HowToDoitright]

Ah interesting. Sounds like a Different problem.

[@monteseddy63]

👍

[@genericwhitemale1114]

What baffles me is that ford really had someone for years applying so much thermal paste that it gunked up like that. With thermal paste you really only need a little drop of it. Like the same amount of thoothpaste you'd put on a childs toothbrush.

[@HowToDoitright]

So I had the same feelings as you but I came to find out it’s not thermal paste but infact it’s dielectric grease to prevent corrosion on terminals.

[@roosterCOF]

Doesn't work, not fixed

[@jared7783]

it's not thermal paste...its not a CPU lol

[@tgether2011]

Correction it IS thermal paste. the exact same thermal paste one would use on a CPU or transistor heat sinks. They use thermal paste grease on those contacts because they resist corrosion and can take the heat of the sun beating through the window/windshield on them all day during summer. What happens is the thermal paste gets old and dries up and starts preventing contact exactly like it does on an old CPU. The video is right on calling it thermal paste. Just my 2 cents.

[@HowToDoitright]

Thanks. Glad I wasn’t wrong.

[@johnsimpson6992]

My 2018 f250 6.7 doing same thing Thank you I'll try that before buying a new one thanks .

[@HowToDoitright]

Yes it definitely works. My issue came back after a year or so but I took it apart and cleaned again and now it’s good.

[@gio1725]

Way to go forward none of these vehicles are more than four years old and there’s 50 million people saying they’ve had this issue I would say that is a recall or better yet I will say I’m getting ready to get another truck was gonna get a Ford but I think I’ll try Chevy or dodge

[@musc1esman]

This is just one of many stupid, minor issues ive had with this 2016 f150. Lots of idiotic little things Im having to take time out of my day to address and spend money on that I shouldnt have to. A month ago it was the back sliding window track falling off. Ford went so cheap on alot of things. My next truck may very well be a chevy.

[@gio1725]

Why would any car this new need this type of work to me that means Ford did not do a good job

[@scuddybuddy7432]

what do you do if you wipe the grease off

[@HowToDoitright]

You should be OK

[@scuddybuddy7432]

@@HowToDoitright not sure if that was why, but it still didnt work. went to the junk yard found a 2012, whole dash was gone.. under all the glass and trash was this exact piece i needed.. so i ended up getting it for free. problem sloved :)