Q: Windshield wiper arm

asked by on April 29, 2017

My driver side windshield wiper keeps going out to far, it goes off the windshield and I lose the blade. The arm isn't working, do I have to replace the whole motor or just the arm?

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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