Wipers not returning to home position...

What might this mean?

The more I read about this the more my head spins. Looks like my weekend plans just got some electrical gremlin chasing added to them.

Well, if you were to unplug the motor as I suggested and the noise stopped it would either disconnected the affected circut or possibly be a shorted out wiper motor. I am not the electrical guru that 67Dart273 is but I was taught to use the KISS program as you approach a problem. KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid. I find it works 99% of the time.