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Wiper Control Module: Service and Repair






Windshield Wiper Motor with Control Module (J400)

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Pry lever (80-200)

Removing






- Remove the wiper arms. Refer to => [ Wiper Arm ] Service and Repair.

- Remove the bolts - 3 -.

- Remove the clips - 2 - from the mounts and remove the plenum chamber cover - 1 -.

- Remove the securing clips - 2 - in the direction of - arrow A -.






The cowl panel trim could be damaged.

Coat the space between the windshield and the cowl panel trim with some soapy water.

- Carefully remove the cowl panel trim - 1 - starting at the edge of the glass vertically from the windshield - arrows B -

- Disconnect the electrical connector - 2 -.






- Remove the drain channel - 3 - on the linkage - arrow A -.

- Remove the bolts - 4, 5 and 6 -.

- Rotate the wiper arm frame - 1 - with the linkage and wiper motor upward in direction of - arrow B - and pull it forward out of the plenum chamber.

Installing

Tightening specification, refer to => [ Windshield Wiper Motor, Tightening Specification and Sequence ] Windshield Wiper System Overview.

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

- Insert the wiper motor with wiper frame into the vehicle.

- Tighten bolts, refer to => [ Windshield Wiper Motor, Tightening Specification and Sequence ] Windshield Wiper System Overview.

- Position the water drain channel on the wiper motor.

- Adjust the wiper arms, refer to => [ Wiper Arms, Adjusting ] Adjustments.

- If the control module was replaced, select the "Replace" function for the respective control module in "Guided Fault Finding" or "Guided Functions" using the Vehicle diagnostic tester.