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Old May 15, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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Rear wiper

First the water jet failed then the wiper has quit working on the rear wiper. It just stays in park.

Is this a common problem. Any suggestions or a possible solution?




2000XLT 5.0 75k mi
 
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Old May 15, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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That happend on my Explorer I brought it to the shop and they changed the rear wiper motor for about $50.00. Have had a prob. yet (5 months ago)
 
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Old May 15, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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Wiper motor on moms 98 died about 3 times. It was under warantee, and finally they came out with an improved design that hasn't quit yet. Now the wiper blade dosn't touch the glass in the middle though, anything you can do about that? Changing the blade didn't do anything.
 
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Old May 15, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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That was another problem before the motor quit. Wiper would only touch part of the glass
 
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Old May 15, 2004 | 09:25 PM
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Yea I had that prob. also. They had to put a new wiper arm on, the old ones from the fatory get weak!
 
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Old May 15, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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That's a pretty common problem not touching the middle. Dont know why.
 
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Old May 16, 2004 | 08:55 AM
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How hard is it to change the wiper arm? It just pulls off, right? May be worth a shot.
 
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Old May 16, 2004 | 11:31 AM
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2000 Mountaineer 5.0 69k

Wiper motor failed but the sprayer works. Middle of the glass didn't get wiped when it did work.
 
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Old May 16, 2004 | 04:52 PM
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Yeah it's just like the front ones in how it pulls off.
 
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Old May 16, 2004 | 08:52 PM
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mines broke as well....ford dealer knows me very well and all the guys like what i did to my ride with the ground effects and everything they fixed it for nothing even though it was out of warranty so i brought them all subway for lunch
 
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Old May 17, 2004 | 05:39 AM
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do you know what they did to fix it?
 
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