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This is a common problem, and I do not entirely agree with the Bay 13 fix. Particularily as it is noted as a temporary fix until a new wiper arm can be installed. I don't know if the design of the wiper arm was changed or not, but you don't need to get a new one. The first thing that might have happened is that the nut holding the wiper arm onto the wiper stud has come loose. If this is the case, you might be able to fix it by just tightening the nut. Probably not.
The real problem is that your wiper arm is hitting its stop, which doesn't allow it to put pressure on the blade past roughly the half-way point in its sweep. You should be able to demonstrate this by pivoting the wiper arm up, removing the wiper blade, then pivoting the arm back down towards the windshield. Do this with the wiper blade in the upper most portion of its stroke, were the wiper blade is nearly parallel to the a-pillar. (turn on the ignition, switch on the wipers, then switch the ignition off when the wipers come to the top of the stroke). You will probably note that the wiper arm hits its stop with the arm still about 3/4 to 1-inch from the windshield. The stops are on the top of the cast aluminum portion of the wiper arm. You should be able to look at the arm and tell where it is hitting. You need to pivot the arm up and remove enough material from the stops so that the end of the wiper arm (without the wiper blade installed) will come to within about 1/4-inch of the windshield. This can be done with either a dremel tool or a small metal file. I removed the wiper arm from the car to do it, but it could probably be done with it still in place on the car if you are carefull. The location of the stops should be fairly self evident, but if you are not sure, just say so and I will try and post a picture. This should provide a permanent fix to the problem.
Phantom
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