325i touring rear wiper not working still

[no2lurch]

i just got a known good wiper morot for my touring but that dont work either. when i puse the wiper button, the light in it comes on, but bo wiping.

which wire at the multiplug do i need to check for what?

[no2lurch]

bump.

[Brianmoooore]

Unplug the control module (in LH compartment), and see if it runs when you connect the purple/red to the black/yellow, with the ignition in position 1.

[town325i]

is there a cure for a rear wiper motor that wont park in the correct place

[Brianmoooore]

Does it park in the same place every time, or in random places?

[town325i]

random places its a right pain in the arse

[Pete-M]

Mine does that... but after a random, unspecified amount of time it goes back to where it should be.

[town325i]

sorry for the hi-jack

[Brianmoooore]

random places its a right pain in the arse

The wiper parking position is controlled by a microswitch mounted on the wiper's gearbox cover. The microswitch earths the black/red wire that connects to pin 31b of the control module.
Pull off the plug from the control module, link the purple/red and black/yellow wires together, so that the wiper runs continuously, and connect a resistance/continuity meter between the black/red wire and earth (brown wire). The microswitch should switch every time the wiper reaches the park position.

[no2lurch]

had a look last night and i cant find the control module. i looked behind the passenger side cubby hole, but couldn't see anything...

[Pete-M]

I washed my Touring the other day and noticed that the wiper works perfectly now, so I suspect a bit of white grease around the spindle might help on mine. It always works, but since I cleaned the car (and the back window was properly filthy - my work is based on a farm) it's been spot on.