How do you keep the rear wiper from getting stuck?

[CDW6212R]

I've had two that worked perfectly well in stock form, one truck that the arm was gone when I got it, and my last one I just broke the arm off when it wouldn't stay up out of my way, when I was placing my rear warning sign on the hatch. Those are PITA parts, but tolerable when they work correctly.

I have a 2003 Sport hatch glass to install some day, those are nice. The last year and a half of the 2nd gen Sport's have the wiper in the glass. So find a late 2002, or a 2003 Sport. It takes the entire hatch glass, and a little wiring changes, but the wiper on them never leaves the glass.

 

[JustAnotherMember7]

+1 sounds like someone bent the arm to get better contact on the glass and now there's so much tension on the blade, it pop's into the crack between the lift-gate and the window.

these rear wiper's are nothing but problems. it's just a ****ty design. the main problem is that the motor mount grommets are too soft and once they age, the entire motor is pushed out alignment by the wiper arm's tension. bending the arm just makes it worse. i've got 4 of these vehicles and the wiper arm doesn't work 100% on any of them.

Funny to hear that! My explorer rear wiper blade motor works only when it's cold outside so it works 50% of the time in winter when I need it most. But not in the summer time.