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Guys - maybe someone can help - the wiper pump wouldn't work on my 2005 Pacifica - which we love - 100,000 miles. My local mechanic bought new pump - wasn't it. He said it was (according to Chrysler) a tipum sensor? - part of the electronic module - replacement cost $1000.
No bad fuses.
Everything else works fine - I googled tipum - nothing - it can't be the tip sensor......
Any help would be great.
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Well - went to the shop - and I read alot of threads - my thought is it MIGHT be the tipm - as quite a few threads have started with tipm diagnosis but ended up with things like the ignition switch being the probem...plus tipm=definately having the dealer look at it=$$
Shop says no ground coming out of tipm for the pumps....
Shop says no ground coming out of tipm for the pumps....
That phrase is a little vague, but I get what they're saying. Ground doesn't actually come from anywhere...lol
How are you planning to hardwire it? A toggle switch maybe? That would be the only way I could see. Until the ckt gets to the TIPM, it's all request signals. The TIPM does the work. Same goes for headlamps, tail lamps, wipers, etc. You rarely have any source power AT a switch anymore.
My threat to hardwire it came before I did any research - my favorite phrase is "How hard can it be?" I have looked at a handful of Mopar threads and there seems to be a recurring problem that the TIPM failure causes certain things not to operate - from fluid pumps to ac to starters - since everything runs through it. The only way to deal with the TIPM is go to a dealer - and for that you are looking at $1000 - which totally sucks - seeing as they want $200+ to run a diagnostic that takes 2 minutes....
It is not the pump - sometimes the above mentioned problems have been solved by replacing the ignition switch.....I am going on vacation and took the car back from the shop - not sure how to tackle it
But seriously - how hard would it be to simply run a hard wire with two switches - wired oppositely?
I believe the shop meant that the TIPM was not completing the circuit for the sprayer pump.
Its pretty easy access to the TIPM to check the pump ckts. I don't get the $200 diag charge really. The thing is, if you have the right scan tool capabilities then it's a pretty quick diagnosis. You watch for the request signal on the data and then actuate the TIPM outputs and probably jump the pump motor wires to check for operation. Just goes to show you how behind the times independent shops are these days. I get these repeats from them on a daily basis, sometimes multiple times.
$1000 to fix washer pump?
- part of the electronic module - replacement cost $1000. 
