97 mirage wipers stop intermitently

If the wiper motor is overheating and has a thermal cutout, it stops and restarts when it cools down.

Why it's overheating is the issue. Most common reason is that the wiper arm pivots are seizing up with corrosion. Not hard to fix, but tedious to get at. The motor is connected to the pivots by an arm that pops off a ball joint. Disconnect this and see if the wiper arms move freely. If they don't, you have to take the pivots out, disassemble them, clean off the corrosion and reassemble with appropriate grease.

Stewart DIBBS

Sounds like a power droppage, i would check your circuit if you can, as being fully electric only water getting in some where along the cicuit or a power droppage some where diverting the power else where. A multi meter would do the right thing for you

Peter

Check the earth connection on the motor itself, The motor is earthed via one of the bolts that secure it . Take the earth bolt out and clean it then clean the body/motor connection . You wont have any problems after doing this.

Another reason for the motor to possibly be overheating is, does the car still have the original TYPE wiper blades installed? I have seen double, triple and sometimes even quad blades attached to the wiper arms in the hope that the windshield will be cleaned better when used. All these multi-blades do is overheat and burn out motors. They don't actually work any better then a quality wiper blade.

GB

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