Broken wiendshield wiper

replace the arm and the blade.

You should replace the entire rear wiper motor.

Hi Jill,
The first thing to check is a 13mm nut that holds the wiper arm in place.See if you can move the wiper arm freely back and forth.There is a nut at the base of that wiper arm,Lift up a cover that is hiding the nut. If it comes loose from being froze from ice or snow. Put the wiper in its rest position and tighten the nut back up.

The intermittent function for your wipers is controlled by the wiper control amplifier. This is an integral part of the wiper (combination) switch and is serviced only by replacing the switch assembly.

Electrical problems usually require a binary search to find the fault.
But you can save time by starting with what is most accessible.
If you can get at the wiper motor, then use a test light to see if there is voltage when switched to the different speeds, directly at the motor.
If there isn't, then you back up to the switch.
If that does not have power, it could still be a fuse, or it could be the ignition switch accessory terminal went bad.
Make sure the wiper motor also has a good ground.

Hi there,

Well you can please follow the below steps -
1. Lift the wiper arm away from the windshield. If the tension spring is damaged or broken, the arm will not show resistance. If it is functioning properly, then pull the arm back until the hinge locks in a vertical position.
2. Remove the retaining nut at the base of the windshield wiper arm and pull the wiper arm off.
3. Slide the new wiper arm assembly on.
4. Tighten the retaining nut and lower the arm back down to the windshield.
Please post comments for any other help or information......

Good Luck!!

Thanks

first try the fues box see if you have a blown fues, next if you put your wipers on can you hear the motor running for them? if you can the linkage has poped off from the motor, its a bit awkward to get it back on and no gaurentee that it will saty on, you might have to replace linkage, or, it might be the cogs on the actual wiper arms have splayed and are now smooth so they dont grip to move, you can take them off by the nut on the arm , get a can (coke can or simular) cut a rectangle out of it the hight and width if the cog, rap it round the cog, (make sure it does not overlap on the ends) and force the arm back into place and then do the nut up, this is just a short quick fix if that is the case you will have to replace the motor, also you can check the relay to the motor in the fues box, give it a tap a couple of times it might work again if not replace it...hope you find these sugestions helpful

When you can't find any fault code in ecu log then in my opinion its the wiper motor that has gone. May be motor has a broken pinion which doesn't engage the wiper arms properly and causes the problem. Buy a used wiper motor from ebay and give it a try. I hope that it'll work.

You will need a wiper arm puller to get these off or go back to where you had the work done and have them fix it seen as how they messed it up in the first place.

Try running a ground wire from the wiper motor unit...to a ground on the body of the vehicle. Any place solid will do. Many wiper issues are due to broken ground circuits. Good luck. Chip