so heres a special one.

I was trying to troubleshoot my not working rear wiper.
I removed the cover, and found it unpligged. plugged it back in.
I replaced a couple of blown fuses, and proceeded to check for operation.

Still nothing.

I gave up at that point and went to pick up my girlfriend, I was backing out of the garage and heard a clunk, but figured id just run over a bottle cap or something.

I was driving down the highway and saw something hanging off the side of my car. it was my rear wiper!

the clunk was the wiper being driven BACKWARD, into the side of my car.

Any ideas :P ?

 

loose nut???

 

sounds like the motor is on backwards lol

 

yeah...I'd say it's one of 4 things:

1. Loose nut.
2. Stripped wiper arm where it mounts.
3. Incorrectly mounted wiper arm.

4. I'm not too sure about this one because I can't remember how the motor is attached to the arm but, if it's attached directly, the motor could be bad. If it has a linkage mechanism to make the wiper go back and forth...it's not likely the motor.