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Thanks for your replies. I guess these aftermarket places have access to replacement gears in order to provide rebuilt units. The plastic gear must be available somewhere. Today the dealer quoted me $315 CDN for a new unit. This for a $1 plastic gear that failed.
I agree about the thinking of how people treat their things, but the gear is stripped where the wiper changes direction back towards the "park" position so this should have nothing to do with it being frozen or pushing too much snow as it already has taken one pass starting from the park position. It is just a lousy design intended to generate the aftermarket parts industry.
The dealer also quoted $92 for a power window switch and $52 for the rear hatch interior grab handle. This is not only ridiculous but it is even insulting. Sorry for my ranting.
Mark
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