My cars wipers wont return to the off position they shut off and stay at almost vertical. I noticed this morning as we were driving that they were hitting pretty hard on the return cycle and then they stopped returning to that postion.
It was on the auto postion.

any ideas or anyone had this problem before?

thanks

 

may need a wiper motor

 

thanks dealer just called and said it was the wiper motor.
still under warranty any idea how much if I had to pay out of pocket?

 

It is a pain in the butt to change, so you would be charged accordingly.

 

yeah i did one. and i wasnt the happiest person.. i pryedit out.. of course with the booster loosend off .

 

Ahhh the things that insulation can hide....

 

lol and paint too! you can drop the whole drive train faster then to do that wiper motor .

 

Thanks for the info but your scaring me abit lol. I guess thats why they have had it for 3 days one of those was toorder the motor?

You guys are great and its a testament to your passion for your product that you would even care to take the time to help us.
I personnaly could not thank you enough for the help and info
I have recieved from you.

The dealer I use is Woburn foreign motors
They have treated me respect even though I did not purchase the car from them.

Again thanks for everything.

 

I see this is an old post, but in case anyone is following up . . . Is the wiper motor the only option? Mine just started doing this yesterday. Everything works, fast speed, slow speed, delay, auto mode, they just 'park' in the wrong position. Started doing it yesterday when I was driving home in intermittent rain. Because the showers were so intermittent, I had the wipers set to auto mode. Then suddenly they just stopped in the middle of the windshield. I thought they must have blown a fuse and started fiddling with the switch. Nope, everything works fine, they just 'park' in the middle of the windshield.

2004 xjr
USA configured

 

I now have the same problem. Did you hear if the motor was definitely the problem?
Thanks,
TomCat

 

Remove plastic cap where spigot connects to wiper arm.

Slacken nut and set arm to correct position.

Tighten nut and "Bob's your uncle"

 

Yes, in my case it was the wiper motor. Apparently there is some adjustment that can be preformed to the park position and sweep range - after the dealer charged me $800 to 'install and adjust' the new wiper motor, I had to return for further adjustment as the wipers were still parking a bit high on the windshield, but they were able to correct that while I waited.