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Originally Posted by Luns
part# 84652-02610
There appear to be new replacement switches for under $35 on eBay, which I presume are third-party rather than OEM parts. I don't know if these would behave the same as the Camry, or if they're actually the same as the twins and sold as different-but-usable substitute. They're cheap enough I might just buy one to see.
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I ordered one of these switches from Amazon to check out - just under $25. The listing gives the -02610 part number, and the intermittent wipe knob does correspond to what I expect for that part number (opposite what our factory wiper switch is). The wipe intervals seem to be a bit more frequent than our factory switches, but then I found the slowest settings on our factory switches to be too slow to be useful, so this may actually be an improvement.
It is indeed third-party; none of the usual inscriptions are present on the plastic. OEM uses delrin for the housing of the base (where the detents are) but the aftermarket part appears to be some other (probably cheaper, less durable) resin. The circuit board inside is also different, using transistors in a smaller form-factor, and different routing, but the pin connections to the main switch body appear the same as OEM. So my impression is it's probably less durable than OEM, but OTOH, depending on what climate you live in, the switch may get used so infrequently you would never wear it out anyway.
Working the lever and knob a handful of times, it feels identical to OEM, and I think it would fit and function just fine. For anybody not hung up on things being OEM, I think the third-party switch is perfectly serviceable, and a good deal at 1/6th of new OEM price.
Replacement is pretty easy and doesn't require removing the steering wheel.
On further digging, 84652-12a20 appears to be also be appropriate. This is listed for 09-11 Camry, 09-13 Corolla, 08-12 Yaris, 11-12 Scion tC. Or if you want to feel better about what car it's from, it's also used for Lexus 11-13 CT200h, 08-10 ES350 and 10-12 HS250h.
I don't know what's different between -12a20 and -02610; possibly different suppliers, or internal design differences, but it seems like they'd be functionally interchangeable.