OEM 2007 Toyota RAV4 Wiper Motor

2007 Toyota RAV4 Wiper Motor Parts Q&A

• Q: How to service the rear wiper motor on 2007 Toyota RAV4?

  A: Service procedures for the rear wiper motor start with disconnecting the negative battery cable for at least 90 seconds before continuing to avoid Air Bag and seat belt pretensioner deployment. Service the rear wiper motor by starting with removal of the back door center garnish followed by back door side garnish LH then back door side garnish RH and concluding with back door trim board elimination. The removal of rear wiper arm and blade assembly requires first widening each end of the cap by 5 mm (0.19 in) and lifting the widened ends afterwards. This allows the operator to rotate the cap into position and detach the assembly nut and arm and blade. The rear wiper motor grommet and assembly can be removed afterward the connector disconnecting process and bolt removal completing the operation. To install it replace the rear wiper motor assembly through its 3 bolts with a torque of 5.5 N.m (56 kgf.cm, 49 in.lbf) then restore the connector. The rear wiper operation requires you to install the motor grommet followed by the wiper arm and blade assembly while the wiper motor needs to stop at its automatic stop point. Installing the wiper arm blade requires cleaning the arm serration with a round file followed by brushing the wiper pivot serration with a wire brush until tightening it at 5.5 N.m (56 kgf.cm, 49 in.lbf) torque while maintaining hand pressure on the arm hinge for alignment to the ceramic line. To finish the work install the back door center garnish and reconnect the cable to the negative battery terminal after placing on the back door side garnish LH and RH and back door trim board assembly and cap.