Wipers on my 1996 Corolla run so slow

[hungt1999]

Hi,

The wipers on my 1996 Corolla are running so slow now, even at the highest speed, it takes about 2 secs to wipe once cycle.

anyone has the same problem? what can I do to fix ?

thanks

Update 9/28/2004:
- I removed the wiper motor, it runs great without the wipers mechanism attached. Therefore the slow movement of the wipers must be caused by something else.

- I removed the grill that covers the wiper mechanism, the grill runs across the bottom of the windshield, near the firewall.

- it turns out that the accumulation of dirt and corrosion cause a partial jam of the wiper mechanism (consists of two pairs of pivot&arm connected to the motor)

- now runs fine!

[93rollaracer]

motor might be going. car-parts.com toyota dealer or ebay might have a new one...pop that in and it should be back to normal

[thehoot]

I had the same problem with my 95. I pulled off the motor and moved the swing mechanism around quite a bit. It works fine now (same old motor) I think the mechanism just needed to be loosened up. If you can figure out how to get at the swing arm (attached to the morot) try lubeing it up.