Wipers wont work in the cold

Possible wiper linkage has broken/seperated from wiper motor. The wiper cowling covering the linkage assembly will need to be removed to inspect/repair

Pull the plug on the wiper motor and clean the connections.

mine was both a bad wiper switch and wiper motor.
when my dash lights acted up, a new HL switch sorted me out fine.

Check your grounds. You can use a jumper wire from the battery ground post to the ground circuit of each component. For testing.

Clean the glass very well and then apply Rain-X as the label directs. Rain-X seems to lubricate the wiper blades.

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The little black box under the hood, near the wiper motor box is the chip board that controls them...wack it...sometimes it's just a broken weld and the connection to the wiper motor control doesn't work.

No solution sorry - mine have done exactly the same - will wipe front screen if you mess with the stalk - rear wiper works when you push the stalk forwards or backwards but no washer to either - have you found a solution? Kind regards - Andy

Wiper motor rarely goes bad, and a second one going bad as well is extremely rare. What will burn out a motor is very high resistance to movement from the wiper assembly. Do the following: Take out the wiper motor, and move the wipers by hand to see if they are hard to move, or if the arms (rod mechanism) are rubbing against anything. Do this with the blades in normal position, resting against the windshield. Pour water unto windshield while testing it, to avoid scratches. One telltale sign for this condition, is the wipers going too slow before complete stoppage. Either that, or an electrical connection leading to the wiper motor, for that simply check that there is electricity in the wiper motor connector when wipers are activated.

Hi gerry the wipers are eletric what year is it this sound like a wiper spindle seezing up spray oil down behind the wiper arm, try that might just be freeezeing up    D

well the good thing is you know the wipers work !! , I would start by seeing if the washer squirters work when using the Wiper lever . and I would also see if it worked on fast speed and slow speeds . If it does you may have a wiper switch that has gone bad ! ,