When turned off blades are straight up in front of drivers vision,When engage the wiper blades on interminant they go down to a more normal position and work ok until they are shut off. Once the wipers are disengaged they go to the upright position. I tried to manually push them down in their normal place, if the car is on they go immediately back to the upright positon.
There is 2 switches in the wiper motor a run and a park sounds like one of them has failed or the wiring to them but check the switch first may have broken wires
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from what I have read, it is the crank arm park tab that has been bent or broken off, sometimes happens when wipers are forced to go over some snow or ice. drivers side wiper, open hood and remove any coverage over the wiper motor, have someone run the wipers so you can see where the tab is supposed to be, if bent,just bend it back to a position where the crank arm comes down and hits it. supposed to work, again,from what I have read.
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take off the end caps of the wipers loosen the bolts and put them where they should be tighten back up try your wipers again should be good as new/ Pleasr rate my response thank you vvery much
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I had the exact same problem with my 2000 buick century which i also bought used and after asking GM what it could possibly be they told me it was the whole wiper arm assembly which would be over $700 to replace. I decided to have a look myself and discovered that a small metal tab which makes the wipers park was bent and the mechanism was not engaging after turning the wipers off. i simply bent the tab back carefully and they parked again, saving me hundreds and it took about 15 minutes.
Open the hood and look where the wiper arms attach to the spindle. remove the caps covering the nuts, then remove the nuts. the hardest part here is most likely going to be getting those arms off. then remove the plastic grille under the right wiper arm (driver's side).
When you can get at the motor assembly, turn the wipers on and off and watch how it assembly operates and see if you can find the tab. This is the best picture i could find with google.
Once i found the tab i took a large flat head screwdriver and tapped it gently with a hammer to bend the tab back. you can tell when you turn the wipers on and off that they park properly. When it came time to put the wiper arms back onto the spindles i set them where they would be when turned off (resting in the plastic cradle at the lowest position).
I hope this was helpful. i know it was for me.
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Turn your wipers off, using the stalk on the left side of your steering column. Turn your ignition off and remove the key.
Pull the wiper blade up to lift it to the service position. Pull the front part of the blade down to position it at an angle.
Pull back the lock pin on the center part of the wiper blade (where it connects to the wiper arm). This unlocks the blade from the wiper arm.
Grasp the blade on each side and pull it down (away from the extended wiper arm) to release it from the "U" clip.
Repeat the process for the other wiper blade, if desired. Removing the driver's side and passenger's side wiper blade is the same.
Install the new wiper blade. Open the lock pin on the new blade, and then insert it into the wiper arm "U" clip. Close the lock pin and lower the wiper blade to its normal position.
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