Chrysler Repair: reset analog clock and windshield washer fluid not squirting, windshield washer fluid, 1999 chrysler lhs

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Followup To you asked if the pump motor makes a sound when I activate the switch and the answer is no.  The wipers activate but the pump does not run.  Next the analog clock is bilt into the dash well above the radio as previously stated it too has stopped working I hope this helps in locating the problem and fuses.
Sharron
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I have a 1999 Chrysler LHS and the analog clock stopped working.  At about the same time I could not get the windshield washer fluid to squirt out.  I was told that it was possibly on of the fuses. Is this true and if so where are they and do I need a special tool to get to them?
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Hi Sharron,
I have to know more. Where is the analog clock? I am only aware of a digital clock and it usually is associated with the radio readout. On the washer: does the motor pump for the washer (located near the washer fluid bottle) operate when you try the switch to activate the washer function? Listen for the sound of the pump. If the wipers work and the washer pump doesn't then it likely either the washer switch, its wire to the pump, or the pump itself that is bad. I don't see a separate fuse in the circuit for just the pump, but then I'm working with an earlier shop manual than for your '99 model.
Please let me know and I'll try to be of help.
Roland

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Hi Sharron,
Thanks for the additional information. On the clock I would believe that there is not a separate fuse for it and so in the absence of some other component in the dash board also ceasing to work I would assume that the power to the clock is present and thus go with the theory that the clock itself is not working. You could test this theory by removing the clock and checking for voltage at one of the possibly two wires plugged into it. If it has voltage then the clock needs repair/replacement. If there is no wire that has 12V compared to a shiney surface nearby then there is a fuse but I don't have manual to suggest which on it is. (See below for to make such a measurement).
On the washer pump, similarly there is not a separate fuse for the pump. You could to the washer refill bottle and look for the brown wire that goes to the pump. If you have a 12V neon test light you could simply attach one of its leads to a connection point for that brown wire, and the other lead to a shiney metal part of the body nearby. Then try to operate the windshield wipers along with the pump and note whether the neon test light illuminates when you do this. If it does then the washer pump is bad, if it doesn't then the brown wire coming from the body control module under the dash or the wire from the washer switch to that module is open and will need to be traced to find the open spot, or the washer switch itself may have ceased to function. All that can be done with a continuity tester. But I don't have a detailed manual to give you directions as to how and where to do this. My suspicion is that the washer pump is bad, but you can check that out if you can reach the brown wire that brings the 12V power to it when you activate the switch.
Roland