usually it would be cable that conects the wipers to the controls, you might have your best bet on electrical too
Check to make sure your rear window is not down a little bit. I could not get the rear w/s wiper or the rear window defroster to work until I lowered the rear window and then closed it again. Problem solved. Hope it works for you, too !
mounted to the bottom of the wiper motor
Try this simple fix. Put the window down then put it all the way back up. Over time and a few bounces the rear window settles down just a bit and this triggers a safety that prevents the defroster from running with the window down, only it's not down enough for you to notice it.
A electric motor that moves the (window) wiper to clean the window.
The rear defroster (demister) on a Subaru Legacy is built into the window. The lines going across the back window are actually the defrosters. If the vehicle is equipped with a rear wiper, the switch for this should be located below the radio and heater controls.
It is the wires for the 3rd stop light, rear window defroster element, and the wiper motor.
2003 GMC Envoy rear wiper troubleshooting - check in this order: Fuse, switch, spindle/tightness of arm, motor, wiring. See the Sources and Related Links section below for rear wiper blade information.
Some of the standard features on a Chevy Equinox are: an emergency communication system, power door mirrors, speed control, AM/FM radio, CD player, automatic head lights, rear window defroster and a rear window wiper.
There's a wire in the windshield where the wipers rest that heats up like a rear window defroster. It comes on automaticly when the outside temp drops below 40deg.
Check your fuses.
See the discussion page for amplifying information. Pull the wiper stalk toward you, the wiper should stop.
Fluid for my SUV (Envoy XUV) is fed from the same container that feeds the wiper fluid for the windshield.