My 02 Honda Accord windshield wipers aren't working?

I was washing my car and lifted the wipers up to clean under them and folded them down later. That night it rained and I flipped them on. The wipers go up but not back down. When they try to go down its making a clicking noise as well?

Don't know Japanese cars, but American cars have a 'weak link' devise inside the base of the wiper, where the arm mounts to the car. It's made to 'break' on purpose before an obstruction to the wiper movement can damage anything.

Put the wiper switch in the off position and then manually put the wiper blades where they normally park. Then pop the caps off of the wiper arms and tighten down the loose nuts.

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