2008 Ford Escape Rear Wiper Issues?

We had a decent amount of snow and ice last week and my wiper somehow either bent or something and wasn't wiping the majority of the window. I tried bending it back a little bit to no avail. After more times of trying to wipe it with the car power, I gave up, dumped a decent amount of water on the window, and manually moved the wiper. Now, once it reaches anywhere past a straight vertical position (wiper swings from right to left), it just flops all the way down 180° and will not move from there. Is it a gear issue? Motor? I need it fixed as soon as possible because I had to drive blindly through another snow storm last night with no rear defroster. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

. You will need to remove the panel that covers the wiper assembly and see. If they use plastic gears they may well be stripped. But it might be something popped off that you can pop back on.

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