# Wipers won't stop Honda Accord 1989 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** accord, honda\ **Created:** [July 29, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209 "2009-07-29T20:28:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarTalk_sPoetCareate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209/1 "2009-07-29T20:28:05Z")
Yes, I have to consider the weather every time I leave the house and hope I have flashlight to find the fuse in the dark. Not to mention the electric windows… I just had my muffler done- great advice here, best choice “go to shop”- so I asked for an est.on wiper issue…something like $360. I said " No, thanks." From what I have read, I could replace motor fairly easily and without even getting under the car (!) But will I have a dashboard when I am done? Is this a doable job? And best place to find old motor? I must save this car, it’s almost a classic. Help me, help my Honda celebrate its Twentieth! ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209/2 "2009-07-29T20:35:27Z")
Are you saying that the wipers won’t shut off? In my old Oldsmobile (1978 Cutlass), the wiper switch completes the circuit to the ground. I found this out when the windshield washer pump section of the motor was bad and I put on a universal pump. It ran continuously, and I found it a little inconvenient to stop every half mile and refill the reservoir so the pump wouldn’t burn out. I traced the circuit from the wiring diagram in the repair manual and figured out how it was wired. I don’t know how the Honda circuit is set up, but if it is wired like my Oldsmobile, you may have a chafed wire that completes the electrical path to ground and bypasses the switch. ---
**Author:** ![CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarTalk_sPoetCareate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209/3 "2009-07-29T20:39:13Z")
The wipers won’t stop unless I pull fuse. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209/4 "2009-07-29T20:45:46Z")
Pulling the fuse kills the hot side of the line. If your wiring set-up is like mine, the hot line went directly to the wiper motor. The switch completes the path back to the battery through the chassis. I suppose you could find the wire from the correct fuse and rig up a switch that would turn the wipers on and off. You wouldn’t have any speed control, but I remember cars that had single speed wipers. (I go for the simplest and cheapest repair possible. If my power windows ever quit working, I’ll replace them with side curtains). ---
**Author:** ![CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@CarTalk\_sPoetCareate](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CarTalk_sPoetCareate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wipers-wont-stop-honda-accord-1989/34209/5 "2009-07-29T20:52:18Z")
HAHHAHHA! I opt for shutters.