I've done a search for the problem, and although I went through six pages of threads of why a wiper won't turn on, I couldn't find anything that says why it won't turn OFF.

I was getting in the car yesterday, cranked it up to warm it up. There was a tiny layer of ice over the windshields and I didn't feel like scraping, so I just let the car warm up to melt the ice. I meant to hit the front wipers, accidentally pushed in the rear wiper switch, shooting cleaning fluid out. The wiper itself was still frozen in place. After the car warmed up a bit, (and the wipers in OFF position) the rear wiper comes on, and won't turn off. No matter what position I put the wipers in, it doesn't matter, it's always on unless the car is off or I pop the trunk to kill the power to it.

I know I'll probably have to replace the wiper switch, but I thought I'd run it by you guys first to see if anyone has any ideas.

 

Heh, nevermind...

I took my wiper switch out, cleaned the solder points (there was some kind of yellow/blackish crud around several of the points) and put it back together and it works again. I don't know if that actually fixed it, or if just disassembling and reassembling everything made a contact somewhere pop back into place, but either way it works.

I think I'll probably still pick up a rebuilt switch sometime to get the intermittant settings on the front wipers to work properly, but that's low on the priority list for me. Happy happy, joy joy.

 

Hah, mine don't turn on. I keep windex and paper towels in my car..

 

Where is the rear wiper switch located?

 

It on the same binnacle that the main wipe switch is on. There is a cutout directly below the hazard light switch for it.