Rear Wiper Motor

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove the tailgate trim pad.
3. Remove the wiper arm/blade. Refer to removal steps of the Rear Wiper Arm/Blade in Wiper Blade.




4. Disconnect the connector remove the wiper shaft nut, remove the fixing screws and then remove the rear wiper motor (1).

INSTALLATION
To install, follow the removal steps in the reverse order, noting the following points.

1. Before installing the wiper arm/blade to the motor shaft, confirm that the motor stops at the auto-stop position.







2. Install the wiper arm so that the blade gets parallel to the lowermost heat wire (2) of the rear defogger (w/rear defogger), or position the blade 20 mm (0.79 in) from edge of tailgate glass (W/O rear defogger).
3. Tighten the motor shaft nut to the specified torque.

Torque: 6 Nm (52 lb in)

4. Tighten the wiper arm nut to the specified torque.

Torque: 9 Nm (78 lb in)