[TMR XP4]

I purchased a ford escape rear wiper motor for for my 2021 XP4. It is for a 2006 Ford Escape. After doing the install I noticed it only rotates 90 degrees and not the 170 degrees it is suppose to. Any thought as to why? Can I increase the amount of rotation somehow? Any advice would be appreciated.

That is strange. I have put 2 of those on 2 different G4s. They both parked on pass side and had the full sweep. So are you saying it only goes from pass side to middle of windshield?

 

[TMR XP4]

I purchased a ford escape rear wiper motor for for my 2021 XP4. It is for a 2006 Ford Escape. After doing the install I noticed it only rotates 90 degrees and not the 170 degrees it is suppose to. Any thought as to why? Can I increase the amount of rotation somehow? Any advice would be appreciated.

Also to answer your question.... there is no adjustment for the motor. Only way you can adjust the sweep is how you place the wiper arm on the motor.

 

[TMR XP4]

They must have given me the wrong motor.
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I've got the escape motor and it goes 170 degrees too. Not trying to hijack this thread but what wiper arm and blade did you guys use on this setup, I'm not happy with mine?

I just used the escape wiper arm. I drilled out the rivet and extended the arm about an inch and re riveted it. Then just used a cheap 14” blade. So far it works great. Good coverage.

 

[TMR XP4]

Thanks much! Gonna give it a try.

Its not to hard. But on the back there is a spring. It is a bear to put back on after you lengthen that arm out. But its do able. I put the arm in a vise and used an old brake spring tool to do it. Good luck... hope it works better for ya.

 

[TMR XP4]

Hi , did you run it threw a relay ? Did you run park wire from ignition ? I don't want any drain on battery ! Thx

When I did mine I did use a relay. The park wire needs to be hot all the time. Otherwise when you shut key off, if wiper is on it will stop mid sweep. Also when you shut switch off the wiper will stop mid sweep if park wire isn't hot. Make sure you fuse that hot wire! It will not drain your battery. Once wiper is parked, there is no drain. If you do a search you will find wiring diagrams for wiring a relay in...pretty simple, just takes a little time.

 

[TMR XP4]

Rake, can you share how you wired up you motor….I too could only find a newer escape motor with (7) wires and still have not been able to figure out how to wire it up

Not sure if you figured this out. But on mine the wires were black, blue and brown. black was ground and I think blue was the park wire. Its been awhile! Easy to test. Just ground the black and run brown to the positive on a battery. If motor runs constant then that is your hot, if it runs and stops then its the park wire.