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Rear wiper not working. is it on a different fuse?

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You will find that it is broken, you need a new rear wiper motor and wiper arm. the large plastic gear inside the transmission cracks in half. very common problem with the rear saturn wipers. note that parts stores see that the front wiper motor is the same for 91-99 saturns so they think the rear is the same way. however the 94-95 rear wiper motor is different from the 96-99 rear wiper motor. good luck with it, you should be able to find a video on youtube of the procedure to replace it.

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