Last week, our passenger side windshield wiper randomly stopped working. Our driver‘s side one has done something like this before, but my dad was able to fix it pretty easily. My husband took our car to AutoZone this morning, and they told him that it was going to be hard to fix, so they couldn‘t do it. They said that there‘s something going on underneath (not the motor, though). Does anyone know what this could be and about how much this type of thing should cost?
Everybody says buy new blades, right ? Well lets see if we can fix the problem first. Go to the spot where the wiper arm is mounted to the car, lift the plastic cover off and you should see a nut holding down the wiper arm. Usually 12 mm could be 13mm , take it off, and lift the wiper arm all the way back. ( 90 o to the windshield) There should be grooves running lenghtwise on the shaft part that is tapered. Wipe those clean with a rag or wire brush. NOT your fingers. Spray oil helps loosen the pieces. Try and clean the hole on the wiper arm. Chances are the grooves on the arm are now being scraped off the shaft. Its a kind of safety so you dont burn out the motor in case of what just happened. A new arm would be the best bet $15-40 most jobbers. But in a pinch just wrap a small piece of aluminum foil 3/8 x 3/4 around the splined section of the shaft and reinstall the old arm , make sure that the wipers are ' Parked ' before putting it together, leave the arm up when you first test it. Remember to remove the tin foil when you put the new arm on. This is only a quick fix and may well last years, but I make no such claim. Fix it right and get a new arm
Windshield Wiper Arm Replacement Cost
one arm is working but one is not? well motor is working so it has to be in the arm or the wiper transmission which is just linkage that conrct both arms to the motor. where the wiper arm conect to the car should be a cap pop it off and see if there is a bolt there if so tighten it. if no cap or bolt have to repair or replace wiper linkage betwenn 200 and 300 dollars if its the linkage
