Wiper Motor: Service and Repair

Wiper Motor Replacement

Windshield (Removal)

1. Open the hood. Remove the caps, nuts (A), and the windshield wiper arms (B).

NOTE: Carefully remove the wiper arms so that they do not touch the hood.





2. Remove the hood seal and cowl covers (C).

3. Disconnect the 5P*1 (4P)*2 connector (D) from the wiper motor.






4. Remove the bolts and the under-cowl panel (A).





5. Remove the four bolts and wiper linkage assembly (B).

6. Remove the nut (A), and separate the link (B) from windshield wiper motor (C).





7. Disconnect the windshield wiper motor subharness (D), then remove the three bolts, and separate the windshield wiper linkage (E) from the wiper motor.

Windshield (Installation)

1. Plug in motor alone, turn the wiper/washer switch to (LO) or (HI) ON, then OFF to return the motor shaft to the park position.

NOTE:

- Do not use the wiper/washer switch (INT) position in this step.
- If necessary, replace any damaged clips.
- Apply multipurpose grease to the moving parts.

2. Install the wiper motor (A), windshield wiper motor subharness (B) and link (C) to the wiper linkage assembly (D).






3. Install the link to the wiper motor shaft, then align the mark (A) of the link and the mark (B) of the wiper linkage assembly.






4. Before installing the wiper linkage assembly to the vehicle, mark sure the mark (A) of the link and the mark (B) of the linkage assembly are still aligned.





5. After installation, adjust the wiper arms Adjustments.

Rear Window

1. Remove the cap (A), mounting nut (B), wiper arm (C), and special nut (D).






2. Open the tailgate, and remove the tailgate lower panel .

3. Disconnect the 4P connector (A), from the rear window wiper motor (B).





4. Remove the three bolts and wiper motor.

5. Install the wiper motor in the reverse order of removal.