windshield wiper motor questions.

[Brant]

A friend is interested in purchasing a late model Turbo S and I am assisting. On this car the wiper blades are stuck in a verticle (straight up) position. The seller indicates that he had it looked at and was told the motor was bad.

I wanted to ask you all if:
1) is this a common type of failure or should we look for another reason, ie. relay, fuse
2) Is the motor the same for the turbos and non turbos.
3) Is this a nightmare repair, or fairly easy.
4) whats a fair price for a used motor.

thanks in advance for any wisdom or responses.
brant

[Scott R]

Two things have happened to my wipers over the last few years. Once the fuse connection in the central electrics box was not holding the fuse tightly. I could wiggle it and get the wipers to come on. Second the relay blew out a bit later. Most likely due to the fuse popping in and out. But test the power to the motor to be sure. I sure would not let something as simple as a wiper issue deture me from getting a S turbo.

[drew1]

Wiper motors on early models aren't but $150-160. 86 on probably about the same. Easy to change.

Buy the car.

drew1

[Scott R]

BTW: The motors usually go between $35 and $40 on Ebay