Stuck Wipers

[djaqualight]

I noticed that mine do something strange in the intermittent setting. Every other pass of the wipers seem to stick. It's like they want to move but they just sort of twitch. The next cycle they work fine and so on. Nothing major but its kind of annoying when they stop midway through the cycle which is sometimes in the middle of the windshield.

It seems to get worse in the freezing temps.

[Scouts Out]

I guess timein gis everything, thsi is exact;y what mine are doing. Every 5th intem. cycle it pauses in the up position and sits there. It started yesterday. My windows were clear but I had them on slow to keep the blowing snow off them when they stopped in the upright position. After probably 5 minutes i pulled over checked fuses and all, checked a few other things, closed teh hood and they started working albeit in wierd ways, the first cycle it does two sweeps, then the 5th sweep it stops in the up positoin for a long perios then back to the first cycle starts over...

I will make an appointment back at Wright and get them and the rattles checked out again

[HummerHippy]

Mine don't stick in the up position, but on the longest interval setting (I think) they hickup instead of sweep the glass, once, then sweep, then hickup, then sweep. Hiccup is a little 1/4 inch twitch. Like it wants to move, but teeth/gear slip. Dunno.

Dealer said "Its probably just frozen." wHen I went in for an oil change.

[yat74]

Many people have had this problem, I have seen it on my rig too. Last winter it was a pain in the ass trying to drive 2 hours to go skiing in a blizzard. You can take this truck through some nasty terrain but it can't handle some cold temps and snow on the wipers that is BS. I can't believe that GM hasn't done anything about this. They replaced the jack and rear washer fluid pump for christ's sake; and the pump still blows chunks.

Curious,
When were your trucks built?
Mine was manufactured in March 2006, and I don't seem to have this problem in any setting, although when I use the Washer setting on the rear, sometimes the wiper will begin upwardsw after it is supposed to stop. It gets stuck just a bit up from the bottom. Not s real iisue, as I just run the wiper for one cyle in 1 and it corrects itself back to the down stopped position.

[Interleukin]

My H3 was built late April 2006 and my wipers skip a lot in bad rain, ice and snow. Even when I extensively clean the window and the wiper, I get behind an 18-wheeler on the interstate (or anyone for that matter) and easily have a 4 in x 3 in spot right in my line of sight where the wiper won't sweet. This is on the driver's and passemger's sides.

Oh! I know what you're speaking of.
My wipers were acting that way too yesterday. It seemed like the blade wasn't grabbing that part of the windshield.
I just attributed it to the freezing ice pellets. Now I will have to watch a little better.