My wipers stopped working.?

Question

I own a 97 Mitsubishi Lancer (Mirage in some countries) and the wipers just clicked and stopped. Anyone know how I can get it back working until I make it to the autoshop? It's raining really hard.

Answer 1

If the fuse is good the motor is shot.

Answer 2

it could be many things

(1) bad switch

(2) blown fuse

(3) blown motor

I would check the fuse first.

Good Luck....

Answer 3

if it's not one of those other thing, it could be that a wire ripped in half.  happened to my truck, and everything was good, couldn't figure out the problem. Then i tore the dash apart, and found that a wire was ripped in half.

hope this helps

Answer 4

After checking the fuse .... Put them on "high" this is a direct feed to the wiper motor. Use a test light to see if you have power to the wiper motor, then test the ground side..if these are OK you need a motor. Tapping the wiper motor with a big s***w driver  often gets it going again, as the brushes stick.