Czarvette

Had one fail two years ago on my '98. Replaced it with a reman unit. Darn thing failed again on the very day I was putting it into winter storage last November. Said, "ah, screw it, I'll deal with it in the spring."

Failure mode: wipers intermittently activate by themselves even though wiper control in "off" position. The operate for a while, then halt at some random position, and then pick up activity again.

Went to buy a new wiper motor yesterday (Cardone part # 85-1019), figuring that the upgrade new version might be more reliable.

Uh, oh:

Autozone: out of stock on both new and reman units. Cardone has zero inventory, no promise date on additional units

Advance Auto: out of stock, mostly, except for one reman unit in one store (that I'm buying tonight... the motor, not the store )

Autopartswarehouse.com: out of stock nationally in 44 different distributors warehouses

Reman unit: $55. GM parts $340 list, about $220 via the various online vendors.

Any idea why a national shortage of C5 wiper motors?

87SAM

Have you checked your udders? Also there are threads on repairing your wiper circuit board.

Czarvette

Yeah, I cleaned them out when I replaced the motor two years ago. I'll check them again. Even though I think they're clean, I wonder if they get overwhelmed when I run through the touch-free car wash. The failure last November was within one minute of leaving the wash.

LoneStarFRC

New AC Delco $154.97

They fail so often I've got 176,000+ miles on my original.

egrand333

Some people cut the tips off the udders to keep them from getting clogged.

rebelheart

This wiper motor is prob used on 75% of GM cars,nothing special about it.

versatile

The windshield wipers have motors? I've never turned mine on

doje

snip an open hole in the bottom. Otherwise, in a car wash, they may not drain fast enough to avoid flooding the wiper motor.

vettefan84

Sorry for being late here lol but yes thats what i did to mine..no more problems since then those udders have a very small drain hole each..so i cut the bottom...working perfect now...