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Review on Dorman 88136 Wiper Motor Pulse Board Module for Compatible Models by Brandon Reid

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Bad parts held together with red tape and not the well made Korean block I got from Dorman a while back.

UPDATED RATING: GET ANOTHER STAR! SUPER poor quality components? Doesn't work properly! Fewer wiper delay capacitors, which also saves maybe 30 cents per unit, but they compare very poorly to OEM. Doorman's latest wiper delay board was made in Korea and was of significantly higher quality. This one is made from poor quality capacitors and transistors and then dipped in so much epoxy that no one can fix it and it's unlikely to last very long. It's been 2 weeks and it no longer works as an OEM part. I cleaned the old circuit board, swapped out some parts and reused. Typical Dorman parts. The circuit is not at all the same as on the OEM board. Here are 3 transistors. OEM has 5. This one has 3 electrolytic caps. The OEM has 5. The OEM also has two 0.22uF brick capacitors rated for 250VAC which Dorman doesn't have. This is a kind of one size fits all, can replace your car. TYPICAL DORMANOVSKIY CHARACTER! I restored Nissan ECUs after the earthquake in Japan. The same parts failed in every single unit, and repairs cost about $1 for parts and $15 for labor. Response Rate: <0.05%. ECM Replacement Percentage: <24%. If you keep making parts with the same fatal flaws, they will keep failing. Dorman, to keep up, includes the same bugs and adds a few more bugs. The lack of detail causes the delay settings to change from 4 to 2. The slowest setting is about every 9 1/2 seconds, the next about every 8 seconds, then every 3 seconds and then every 2 seconds. The OEM had a more linear response between settings. The typical "how cheap can we do this in Asia?" Dorman crap. THIS VERSION ONLY WORKS ABOUT 35% OF THE DELAY SETTINGS ON A 1999 LUXURY EDITION CHEVY BLAZER WITH A POWERFUL COMPUTER EVERYTHING! MY WIPERS ARE WORKING < BUT NOT THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE! HALF THE SETTINGS DO NOTHING AT ALL! THE FOOL WHO CAN COUNT UNDERSTANDS WHY! DORMAN MAKES TRASH! THIS IS ONE OF THEIR WORST PRODUCTS EVER!

Pros
  • Nicely packaged
Cons
  • A little maintenance