Wipers Died

[MajorPain]

Couple weeks ago we had snow and ice fall off the roof and hit the front of my vehicle.  Bent the hood and right front fender.  Cracked the windshield slightly and bent the passenger wiper arm.  Over all it's not a big issue as everything seems to be working fine.

2016 Dodge Journey 2.4L

 

Yesterday we had rain and wipers were working fine.  Wipers were left on when I got home and shut off the truck.

We had wind a a dusting of snow and ice on the vehicles.

I went out to warm up the vehicle before leaving and noticed the wipers attempted to move but they were iced to the windshield.

Generally is stops for a bit and starts up again once the wipers are lifted off the windshield and no longer stuck.

But drove around for 2 hrs and tried it occassionly but they no longer work.

I swapped the fuse with another fuse to test it but still didn't work.

I swapped the two relays but still didn't work.  (but both relays are for the wipers).

Normally when you turn the wipers on the headlights turn on. But now turning the wiper switch doesn't turn on lights either.

 

So not sure what to check.  I'd thing if the wiper motor blew, the switch would still turn on the lights.

Keep see the switch died because the wipers were frozen to the window.

[larryl]

What do you have to lose by checking the actual wiper motor?

[MajorPain]

1 hour ago, larryl said:

What do you have to lose by checking the actual wiper motor?

I guess the cost of buying a replacement to find that's not the issue.

[2late4u]

2 hours ago, MajorPain said:

I guess the cost of buying a replacement to find that's not the issue.

you could use a meter to see if the motor is bad or not,,,,also check the wire connectors to see if the voltage is making it to the motor