Q: When running lights go on, wipers/spray independently go on

asked by on August 16, 2016

Each time I turn on my truck’s running lights, the windshield wipers independently come on, along with the wiper fluid spraying. Then, when I turn off the running lights, the wipers go off as well. This is an intermittent problem and only happens occasionally, but when it does it can be annoying to have the wipers and the spray going on a clear evening. It can be distracting to my driving. What would fix this odd problem?

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