What makes the wipers park on a 2001 Saturn LW300?

2001 SATURN
90,000 MILES
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ACEEY
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Wipers work fine but when they are shut off, they park straight up in middle of windshield. Linkage transmission was broke, but has been replaced.
Aceey
Dec 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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So was it parking correctly before the linkage broke?
Dec 13, 2011 at 5:35 PM
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ACEEY
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I assume wipers were not parking correctly and the linkage broke when owner tryed to push the wiper arm down to the park position at bottom of windshield.
Dec 13, 2011 at 6:33 PM
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SATURNTECH9
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Or if it snows where the car was there was excessive snow or ice on the windshield they out the wipers on and broke the linkage.Thats pretty common to see where there is snow and ice.If the motor is timed correctly and not parking then it usually a bad motor.
Dec 13, 2011 at 6:54 PM
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ACEEY
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Motor out of time, that took care of it. Thanks!
Dec 13, 2011 at 9:19 PM
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Your welcome thats what were here for.
Dec 14, 2011 at 5:57 AM