[jcarle]

This is the second time. This morning (again) I got in my car, started heading down the highway, got the windshield dirty, hit the fluid, fluid comes out and ... nothing. No wiping. So I hit the wiper arms myself to regular speed ... nothing. I flick them on, off, on, off ... nothing. I pull over to the side of the highway in a semi-emergency stop (because I can't see $@/$&?!) and I check the wiper blades to see if they're frozen to the windshield and they aren't. So I pop my head inside the car, put the wipers to normal, go to the side of the car and force the wipers to move in their predestined direction. Guess what? They start working. They worked the rest of the way to work.

It was -18°C all night. Could the motor have been frozen in place? Or is the damned thing defective?