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went to work today and the windshields were covered in rain, so i used the wipers to clean em and wow what a racket coming from the rear one.....almost like a sqeaky wheel or maybe a grinding noise...whatever it was its was not good.2 things:1. anyone ever have this prob?2. is so how did u fix it?p.s. any pics would help alot of a disassembled rear wiper motor housing would be great.thx's guys

Did you check to see if you still have a blade back there? Sometimes the blade will make a heck of a racket if it's old or hasn't been used in awhile.

still got the balde its only about 5 mths old.i went out and tried it agan and no noise..u can bearly hear the motor workin at all....i love it the way it is now...hope it stays but i would guess the noice will come back.

nobody else out there with a rear wiper problem????

Mine is extremely noisy as well if it's not absolutely pouring down rain, keeping that rear window soaked. I can't even use mine on intermittent, because after about 2 minutes it starts making scraping noises. It's done that since the car was new, so it's not the age of the wiper blade...just something strange about the design of the car I guess.Sounds like yours is probably the same issue, if it comes and goes. Is it better when it's raining harder and worse when the rain is light?

I think it's just the fact that the rear wiper motor is loud. Thanks again Toyota

It could be from the angle of the window, but that is just a guess. I have never used mine.

Only noise I have heard was the actual motor spinning and working. I have thought about taking the cover off to see if I can add insulation but never got that far. My blade is still the original...

Quote, originally posted by Pablo1669 »I think it's just the fact that the rear wiper motor is loud. Thanks again ToyotaYes, it is VERY loud on my car... The blade is in good shape (I'm on my second one) so I don't think that is causing the problem. The motor itself goes GRIND GRIND as the wiper moves. Not to mention something on that circuit is messed up, it induces static into the radio when the rear wiper is on. And yes, I can't thank Toyota enough. I use the rear wiper every time it rains, and this really gets on my nerves.

Mine's fairly quiet, or about as loud as most rear-window wipers. When it's somewhat dry out, i'll hear the blade skipping across the window, but no scraping, grinding, or other unusual stuff.

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »Not to mention something on that circuit is messed up, it induces static into the radio when the rear wiper is on. Mine does the same thing. It interfered with my iTrip in a big way, and it even interferes with my hard-wired FM modulator, though not as severely as it did with the iTrip.Anyone have any ideas on what may be causing that?

wow just went out today and it started to do it again.grr..it had been so quite the last 2 weeks or so.....i wonder if i sprayed white grease around the knukle(under the rubber protector) if it would ha;p lube it....because that is what it sounds like....metal on metal or somerhing.......anyone ever have to do this before???

well i spraye dthe white grease around it and after about a min to work it in the noise seems to be gone........it was the shaft grinding on itself...well heres hoping that i fixed the prob and not mad it worse down the road.lol

Huh, I've never heard mine running like y'all have. It's good that there is a simple remedy for it. I'll keep this in mind if mine decides to start singing. Let us know if it starts again or if there's any other problem.

I'll have to try that, sounds like a good an inexpensive fix.

Wow ! I didn't think anyone used the rear wiper. I think I tried mine once to make sure it worked. Actually now that I think about it I don't think I ever see anyone around here using theirs, of course we are all to busy drinking our Starbucks to really notice much anyways.

Yep, some of us use 'em. I use mine every time it rains.... Can't see out the back otherwise.

i could not live without mine...it gets to dirty if i dont clean it....well its been about 4 days and not a peep of the old squealin sound.so far so good.lol