Multi function switch repair - finally fixed windshield wipers on the Second Gen

My name is Austin, this is Mopar Garage, and we build cool stuff in here! Today we are finally fixing the wipers on the Second Gen Dodge! This truck has not had operational windshield wipers in the 3 years that I've had it. Traced the problem to a faulty multi-function switch. This video can serve as a how to for any 1994-2001 Dodge Ram pickup truck. The pre 1998 trucks will have a slightly different kick panel design, but it is essentially the same process, this video will get you through it.
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[@JuanUrbina-ei8nx]

I love this type of videos

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks for watching!!

[@floydindursky2973]

Thank You for the video! I'm gonna change mine myself after seeing your video!

[@TheMoparGarage]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@ebodaman]

Glad you got the fix going on it.

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thanks for watching brother!

[@Ben-kq8uq]

Could you make a video on how you grounded and tested the fuse? At the beginning when you said you did that and the wipers came on? That may be something I need to test

[@TheMoparGarage]

I just took a wire, jammed it into the wiper fuse slot, took a jumper box, put the ground cable to the frame of the truck, and clamped the hot side onto the wire and the wipers came on. The correct way to do this would be to put power directly to the wiper motor and see if it kicked on, but I was just taking a shortcut haha. Good luck, Thanks for watching!

[@ExcelsiorUnltd]

I just did mine. I could not find the right most screw and ended up popping the clamshell apart

[@TheMoparGarage]

Always scary working on/around these dashboards!

[@dakotavalentine5757]

Did you ever figure out the surging idle and stalling? I have the same truck with the same symptoms

[@TheMoparGarage]

Never completely. It got a lot better when I removed that cat. At this point I’m thinking it must be some kind of internal issue because I’ve checked/addressed everything else. It’s good enough now though where it doesn’t really bother me

[@keithhaynes5348]

Sounds like your precat o2. Or lack there of.

[@scottwhitcher265]

Try your egr valve then idle air motor.

[@brown5252]

windshield wipers are overrated. Just rain X it.....⛈⛈⛈⛈ nice work...

[@TheMoparGarage]

Haha lived 3 years with rain X only! 😂

[@deependz3231]

20-30 years down the road, you'll be wondering where the cancer came from.😅🤣😂

[@brown5252]

@@deependz3231 what ya smoking man?

[@deependz3231]

@@brown5252 Whatever I'm smoking, pales in comparison to the example of a couple of dudes walking around with the chemical composition makeup of rain-X coursing through their veins. Isn't it bad enough that everyone on the planet has microscopic plastic particles in their bloodstream, you two have to add chemicals that are absorbed thru the skin into the mix.

[@keithhaynes5348]

Too much yappin and cappin. I stopped to watch you install a part, not hear your life as a truck trader, evading taxes and whatnot. Goof.

[@TheMoparGarage]

Thankfully you only have to watch the parts that you want to. Since you weren’t satisfied with the video, I’ll give you your money back! 😂😂

[@keithhaynes5348]

Sorry, my time of the month. Heavy flow from the ol hatchet wound makes anyone feel like a poopy turd. You wanna feel me? I mean, you feel me?

[@davidthorpe5569]

I have a 99 dakota and don't really want to spend the coin on a new switch. just wondering if a little contact cleaner might have worked? My wiper motors work fine and the switch works too, the problem is the wipers don't like to work so well on the intermittent settings. They work fine on lo or hi.

[@TheMoparGarage]

You could probably try to clean it up, I think the switch was only like 25 bucks on Amazon though.

[@keithhaynes5348]

That's your wiper motor.