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Windshield wipwers omy 95 ford tuarus park in the wrong position.

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Take the wiper arms off at the wiper shafts Cycle the wipers and park normally. Refit the arms in the parked position. Make sure the nuts are tight or are fitted correctly

Testimonial: "thank you and ill give it a try,just one more question if the problem is inetermitant will it cause more damage if they try to go to the origional position and have been moved 90 degrees in the opposite direction?"

  • Bill Boyd Sep 24, 2013

    answer is yes so if you feel the there is a problem in the parking of the wipers have it fixed first

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Oct 22, 2008

SOURCE: 95 Ford taurus

Th car requires you to push the brake pedal down in order to unlock the column shifter - there's a pressure switch on the brake pedal arm that is closed when you push the pedal down. It's likely that this switch has become defective. Change that and you should be back in business.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 22, 2010

SOURCE: 1990 Ford Taurus GL windshield wipers park in the wrong position

I have a 1996 Ford Taurus with a similar malfunction the intermittent wiper function is erratic, but the wipers park properly. I'm the original owner & this malfunction was in the car from the factory. I have a regular Ford Dealership manual & came to the conclusion that the Generic Electronic Module located behind the fuse panel is bad (computer glitch in programming) ! Ford Dealers want over $ 300.00 for a brand new module, I haven't checked with my local used auto parts recycler yet, but I know it will be less than the dealer price !

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raj somaiya

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  • Posted on Sep 13, 2010

SOURCE: My Ford Tuarus will run

With a manual transmission, you shift gears but with an automatic transmission your gears shift on their own. Your Taurus comes with main gears and planetary gears, the latter which revolve around the main gears. You can't see them at work because they're inside the transmission housing.
When the Automatic transmission gear shift is not working this is a very serious problem that causes by several reasons and one of those is completely damage transmission. It may also possible that the transmission has a very low amount of transmission fluid. However, if the fluid level is enough, another reason is Bad fluid pump or Gear selector linkage problem.

When an
automatic transmission has bad fluid pump all the gears will not work, because automatic transmission depends on the hydraulic fluid pressure that is created by the fluid pump to pump transmission fluid throughout the transmission assembly to work properly.

Same with the fluid
pump, when an automatic transmission has a problem on gear selector linkage all gears will not work. Gear selector is the one that determines which gear is going to operate. When a gear selector linkage is broken or out of adjustment it cannot operate properly causing the gear not to work.

Diagnose auto problem: Low transmission fluid, Faulty fluid pump or out of adjustments gear selector linkage.

When the problem is low level automatic transmission fluid, just add enough amount of fluid to fix the problem. But if the problem has nothing to do with the fluid level .Then inspect the fluid pump and the gear selector linkage, the mechanic probably will open up the transmission for better diagnosis. If the problem is not fluid pump or gear selector linkage then you has no other option but to replace the transmission assembly with a new one since the automatic transmission gear shift is not working.The other possibility
Clutch pack may be shot.Another component of note is the transmission filter. Like any filter, its job is to collect sludge which will accumulate over time and miles driven.Replace both the fluid and the filter if your transmission begins to slip, is difficult to shift, or hard to shift when the engine is still cold.
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Jim Y

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  • Posted on May 11, 2011

SOURCE: 95 windstar, replaced the wiper

simple actually- 1- on wiper arms- flip up cap on end- remove nut, 2 using a screw driver and small wood block lift arms off driver screw.3 turn key on cycle wipers- turn off 4- reattach arms in correct position and retighten-., test with arms up- not on glass- is still wrong- the link from wiper motor to cross arm wrong- - buy a HAYES repair manual- will show how to remove cowl cover yourself- is easy , then follow instuctions in manual to correct link

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Pin Number Circuit Circuit Function 1 57 (BK) Wiper Motor Ground (Park) 2 28 (BK/PK) Wiper Module to Wiper Motor (Park Switch) 3 65 (DG) Wiper Motor Power (Park Feed) 4 61 (Y/R) Wiper Motor Common (RUN) 5 56 (DB/O) Wiper Motor LO 6 58 (W) Wiper Motor HI
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  • Washer system.
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  • Turn signal and windshield wiper switch (13K359).
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  • Located at the instrument panel fuse panel.
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  • Attached to the cowl top extension (021A36) .
  • Connected to windshield wiper mounting arm and pivot shaft (17566) .
The turn signal and windshield wiper switch features a:
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  • Push type washer actuator.
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  • Has a two-speed, permanent magnet, three brush electric windshield wiper motor .
  • The windshield wiper motor has a brush rigging that permits selection of low or high speed.
  • When the turn signal and windshield wiper switch is in the LO position, the common brush and the blue/orange wire brush are used, and the windshield wiper motor operates at low speed.
  • When the turn signal and windshield wiper switch is in the HI position, the common brush and the white wire brush are used.
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