2005 chevy aveo the wipers will not park.Battery was boosted with the wrong polarity and now the wipers stop as soon as you turn off the wipers. They will not park or the delay wiper will not work,
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By 2005 many cars were hardly cars at all and really resembled wheeled computers - semiconductors everywhere and one thing semiconductors dislike more than anything (apart from being struck by lightning) is being fed with reversed polarity current.
Connecting a battery the wrong way around, even for a second, has been known to cause so much electronic damage in some cases as to economically write-off the car. I guess you were very very lucky to only have a problem with wiper parking, though I wouldn't be surprised to hear of more problems later.
I advise you to obtain a wiring diagram to discover the best place to check for the problem. GM tend to use a single computer to provide all the timed functions but whether they still use an electronic relay for the wipers, I am unable to comment about.
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By 2005 many cars were hardly cars at all and really resembled wheeled computers - semiconductors everywhere and one thing semiconductors dislike more than anything (apart from being struck by lightning) is being fed with reversed polarity current.
Connecting a battery the wrong way around, even for a second, has been known to cause so much electronic damage in some cases as to economically write-off the car. I guess you were very very lucky to only have a problem with wiper parking, though I wouldn't be surprised to hear of more problems later.
I advise you to obtain a wiring diagram to discover the best place to check for the problem. GM tend to use a single computer to provide all the timed functions but whether they still use an electronic relay for the wipers, I am unable to comment about.