# 2009 Honda CR-V rear wiper failure

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cr-v, honda\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267 "2020-06-03T19:13:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JnrNz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@JnrNz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JnrNz)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267/1 "2020-06-03T19:13:23Z")

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Hello,

My rear wiper stopped working after winter. I recall turning it on when there was a chunk of ice built up on the rear windshield and it stopped working since then. Is this from the mechanism intrinsic to the wiper and its attachment or perhaps a coincidental electrical failure?

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267/2 "2020-06-03T22:12:09Z")

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Personally I believe in cause and effect. Whatever happened during the winter caused the wiper to stop working. Have a good independent mechanic look at it.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267/3 "2020-06-04T16:54:49Z")

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The wiper arm splines may have been stripped out when the wiper was frozen to the rear window.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/4/3403bcb1084e6c4017ddc1139ca58e1976727b3a.jpeg)

Tester

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267/4 "2020-06-04T18:25:11Z")

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> [@Tester](#):
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> The wiper arm splines may have been stripped out when the wiper was frozen to the rear window.

+1  
Every winter, I see people turning their wipers on while there is ice or a huge amount of snow on the window, and–inevitably–many of them wind-up stripping the splines.

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-honda-cr-v-rear-wiper-failure/165267/5 "2020-06-04T18:30:54Z")

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Did you check the fuse?