Windshield Washer Motor: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Turn the front wheels full lock to the right.
2. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
3. Raise and support the vehicle.
4. Unsnap and lift the cover over the access hole at the front of the right front wheel house splash shield.
5. Place a clean container on the floor beneath the washer pump/motor location to catch any washer fluid that is spilled during the following procedure.
6. Reach through the access hole and firmly grasp the top of the washer pump/motor housing.

Fig.20 Washer Pump/Motor Remove/Install:

7. Pull lightly outward on the top of the washer pump/motor housing away from the washer reservoir far enough to disengage the snap post on the top of the motor from the receptacle in the reservoir.
8. Pull the washer pump/motor unit straight out from the washer reservoir far enough to disengage the barbed pump inlet nipple from the rubber grommet seal in the reservoir.

Fig.21 Washer Pump/Motor Connections:

9. Disconnect the headlamp and dash wire harness connector from the washer pump/motor unit connector receptacle on the top of the motor housing.
10. Disconnect the two washer hoses from the two washer pump/motor unit outlet nipples.
11. Remove washer pump/motor unit through the access hole at the front of the right front fender wheel house splash shield.
12. Remove the rubber grommet seal from the washer reservoir and discard.

INSTALLATION
1. Install a new rubber grommet seal into the washer pump mounting hole in the washer reservoir. Always use a new rubber grommet seal on the reservoir.
2. Position the barbed inlet nipple of the washer pump to the rubber grommet seal in the washer reservoir.
3. Using hand pressure, press on the washer pump/motor unit firmly and evenly until the barbed inlet nipple is fully seated in the rubber grommet seal in the washer reservoir mounting hole.
4. Align the washer pump/motor snap post on the top of the motor housing with the snap post receptacle in the washer reservoir.
5. Using hand pressure, press firmly and evenly on the top of washer pump/motor unit until the snap post snaps into the washer reservoir receptacle.
6. Reconnect the headlamp and dash wire harness connector for the washer pump/motor unit to the connector receptacle on the top of the motor housing .
7. Reconnect the front and rear washer hoses to the two barbed pump outlet nipples. Be certain that the hose in the trough of the reservoir behind the pump is connected to the rear nipple, and the hose in the trough in front of the pump is connected to the front nipple.
8. Lower and snap shut the cover over the access hole at the front of the right front wheel house splash shield.
9. Lower vehicle.
10. Reconnect the battery negative cable.
11. Refill the washer reservoir with clean washer fluid.