rear wiper blades don't work

on my 98 explorer,the rear wiper blades do not work. When I turn them on, I can hear a motor that sounds like it's trying to work, but the wiper won't move,could the wiper motor gone bad?,somebody please tell me what the problem may be

Reply to
sofi
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It's a known problem. Try moving the wiper a little with your hand, then turn on the wiper. Sometimes it frees up the motor from a "dead spot"

Reply to
Mikepier

Yeah, mine does this too, and I think that once I left it on and didn't hear the clicking noise. After finding the battery dead I recharged it, but it wouldn't hold a charge any longer so I ended up buying a new battery. Maybe it was about time to get one anyway, but that didn't help.

The "move it with your hand" trick works, but it will get stuck again. Since there isn't much rain where I live (in a normal year) I am considering just disabling this by pulling the fuse for it.

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Bratch

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