Mine did the same and finally needed to chenge the wiper motor.

"John Ahnen" > wrote in message
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> The problem is that the darn thing won't work. We bought this 2000 Eddie
> Bauer Edition Explorer when it had 33K miles on it. The wiper worked
> intermittently (somedays yes, most days no) when we got it. Once my wife
> was able to do some sort of manipulations to get it to work, then it would
> not work the next day. Amy suggestions appreciated, TIA.
> John
> BTW - the "New" '96 has a working wiper - go figure. Is it a year model
> problem?
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