1996 mercury villager how i fix the windshield wiper the motor sounds but dont move

sounds like a wiper motor or might be a bad ground try to tap on the wiper motor with a hamer and is it starts to move you will need to replace it

Someone will probably need to remove the wiper arms and the panel between the hood and the windshield to access the linkage coming from the wiper motor.

under the hood, driver side is the wiper governor. no relay. go to yahoo group for villager quest owners and get more help

you have a wiper module under hood on driver side. It could be bad as well. Sure it's not frozen due to cold weather? Does it move just a fraction?

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wiper motor or module under hood. of turn signal switch

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go to our villager site for help. The wiper motor has a governor assy, that is what you are referring to. What is the problem?
Windshield Wiper Governor Removal
The windshield wiper governor (17C476) is located on the LH side of the engine compartment behind the battery (10655) .

1. Remove the two windshield wiper governor screws and the windshield wiper governor .
   
2. Disconnect the two windshield wiper governor electrical connectors.
   

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switch or motor, not trans.

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It sounds like the wiper motor has a bad gear. Replace the motor and it should solve your problem.

you likely broke the plastic gear inside the wiper motor by turning wiper on when wipers were frozen to glass. you will have to replace the motor.
you can buy motor on Ebay cheap.
you have to remove screen at bottom of windshield for access. remove side windshield mouldings to be abe to get screen off.
watch very, very carefully how you get wiper linkage out or you will have a hard time getting it back in.

most of these windshield wiper motors are located right below the windsheld and above hood. you probably have to undo the louvers where the windshield wiper arms are located and it sits in front of the driver side not too bad to swap yourself part itself is about $60 w/old motor turned in