# 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis windshield wipers activate on their own

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-mercury-grand-marquis-windshield-wipers-activate-on-their-own/118262>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury, grandmarquis\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-mercury-grand-marquis-windshield-wipers-activate-on-their-own/118262 "2018-05-29T05:05:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DanielGriffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@DanielGriffin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DanielGriffin)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-mercury-grand-marquis-windshield-wipers-activate-on-their-own/118262/1 "2018-05-29T05:05:25Z")

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Has anyone had problems with the windshield wipers activating by themselves? This is driving me nuts!

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-mercury-grand-marquis-windshield-wipers-activate-on-their-own/118262/2 "2018-05-29T13:23:12Z")

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13 year old car. Likely the wiper switch is failing and making electrical contact when you hit a bump so the wipers cycle. Not expensive to have repaired.

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**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-mercury-grand-marquis-windshield-wipers-activate-on-their-own/118262/3 "2018-06-04T22:03:59Z")

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that would be the first thing I would try , replace the wiper switch .