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The wipers on my Fairway stopped working mid-wipe and just sunk to the bottom of the windscreen.

Have checked fuse and that's okay and the washer is working. When i select the wipers, I can hear a whirring sound and the wiper arms twitch, but won't work properly.

Is it likely to mean a new wiper motor?

If its whirring it could be the wheel boxes or the rack worn or broken.Take off the plastiuc cover over the wiper motor and the small bolts holding the ally cover.Underneath the grease you'll see the connection to the rack (a sort of wire toothed cable that goes to the wiper arms). It might have broken or coe off the pin,if not if you disconnect it and turn it throught 180 degrees and reassemble it might work as you then use an unworn bit of rack (unless of course it's been turned around before).

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Thanks for the reply. I will give that a go.

it was the rack that had snapped. replaced and sorted now.

thanks for your help.

You're welcome.glad it turned out OK.

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