I have a ‘97 Pontiac Sunfire that otherwise works fine, but the windshield wipers are acting up. When they are on they work just fine, but when I go to turn them off, they park in the middle of the windshield instead of stowing at the bottom. Any ideas?I already tried taking them off and resetting them when the wipers were off, but that just made them stay at the bottom even when i turned them on.
Your car is over 10 years old now. I agree with cat lady. Replace the linkage. it's probably worn out. GM has had a lot of models with this problem. look at all the cars and vans with the wipers stuck in the up position. most are GM models or Ford taurus.
The wipers sit on what is called the transmission or linkage. That is probably what is wrong. Most likely, you need a new one of these. It is probably missing a few teeth on the linkage.
