2001 vw jetta windshield wipers stopped working. checked and the fuse is good.?

Check the wiper relay. If it is good, then either the wiper motor or the wiper switch is bad. If it just stopped working one day for no reason, I would suspect the wiper motor. However,I just had this problem and it was the windshield wiper transmission, they started getting slower and slower over a few months and then it was seized one day. That is one strong motor VW uses so it is hard to go bad.