How to Replace Washer Fluid Pump 2002-06 Nissan Altima

Open the hood. The handle is under the dash. And release the safety catch. It's right here. The hood prop rod is actually on the bottom of the hood, and that goes here on the side of the fender. Remove the six push clips on the top of the bumper and grille. You can use a plastic prying tool. You can get this from 1AAuto.com if you don't have one, or a flat-bladed screwdriver. Work the prying tool under each side of the clip. Work it up. Slide it underneath. You just have to get it to unlock. That's okay if the center part comes out. You can push it back together. Take the prying tool. Pry out this part. I'm going to push this back together so it doesn't get lost. And remove the last clip.

With the vehicle on the ground, you can turn the wheels to the inside, then peel the plastic shield open a little bit. Reach up with a 10 mm socket and ratchet and undo this bolt here. Or you can lift and support the vehicle and take the wheels off and have a little bit better access, which is what we're going to do so we can show you what we're doing. I'm going to reach up with a 10 mm socket and remove this one. Peel back the fender liner. There's also a second screw. It's up in here. Actually, it is a 10 mm self tapping. I'm going to reach in and undo it. Remove these Phillips head screws from under the bumper. There is one here, here, and there is one here and here. This will loosen the splash shield from inside the bumper. You can actually pull it down and away.

Normally, there is an underbody shield that is connected to here that goes underneath the engine for aerodynamics. On our vehicle, it is missing. There are push clips. There are push clips just like the ones on top that you have to pry out with a screwdriver and then push out. You will have to undo those to loosen this bumper from the bottom part. Obviously we don't have those, so we're going to skip that step. Just like the driver's side, remove the 10mm self-tapping screws that are on the inside of the front bumper. There's one close to the wheel well and one further in closer to the headlight. Ours is missing on both sides, so we don't have to remove it. Now the bumper is really loose, and you'll need an assistant to help you pull it off. So with someone helping you, put one hand in the grille opening, your other hand by the wheel opening. I'm going to pull it away from the wheel opening and kind of pull to the front. There is a clip under the headlamp. If it's stuck, you may need to pull it off. The driver's side came off real easy for me, and we just lift the bumper off and put it some place safe while you do your other work.

Before you remove this whole washer fluid tank, this neck will have to come off, but make sure it's not filled to the top with washer fluid because that will pour everywhere. You might have to drain some out first, but it will turn counterclockwise to unlock, and then pull straight out of the bottle, and you put that aside. Disconnect the electrical connectors from the washer fluid pump. I'm going to start with the level sensor on the bottom. Start with the windshield washer pump.

So basically, the easiest way, instead of trying to pull this hose off, is to pop the motor out of the reservoir. You're going to just pull down. It'll unsnap, and then work it out of the grommet, and just drain all of the washer fluid into your bucket. Now if you keep the bucket nice and clean, you can reuse this washer fluid. Change the pump. Simply pull the hose off. They can get kind of stuck on there. Just kind of going to work the back and forth.

Reinstalling our washer pump. Take it and push the end into the grommet. Got to have some force so it doesn't leak. It'll clip in to the bottle. Take our washer fluid hose. Clip it into the bottle here. Push it over the end of the pump. Then we take our harness, clip it into the bottle. Washer fluid pump connector, plug that in. And the fluid level sensor, plug that in to the bottom.

With someone to help you, lift the bumper into place. We're going to place it over the impact foam and into the clip under the headlamp. It might take a little bit of maneuvering a bit. There is goes. So now the bumper is loosely in place. It's time to put the clips and the screws back in. There are two self-taping screws with 10 mm heads on both sides of the bumper. There's one that goes in here and one that goes on the outside here. Our vehicle is missing the inside one, probably because it's sort of difficult to get to, so I'm going to reinstall just this outside one. If your vehicle has both of these, make sure you try to install both. There's just going into plastic, so once I feel them get tight, I'm going to stop.

So the same as the driver's side, there is a 10 mm self-tapping screw that goes on the inside here, and then one that goes on the end of the bumper here. Ours is missing the inside one on this side also, so I'm going to put the outer one through the bracket and up into the fender. Going to reinstall the Phillips self-tapping screws that hold on the bottom of the fender liner, so I just need to slide it up on the inside of the bumper here. There are two of these on each side, drivers and passengers side. Get it lined up. At this time, if your car has the under shield that goes here, you'd reinstall it, and reinstall your push clips along the edge of the bumper. Repeat for the other side with the splash shield, installing the Phillips head self-tapping screws.

So these clips, these type of push clips are used in most cars, and they just push in like this. And this one's all busted and broken. If you've got busted and broken ones, you can get new ones from 1AAuto.com. You'll have to remove this one, and with your new push clips, they may look a little bit different, but they operate in the same exact manner. They'll go into the hole and push it. It will lock and snap it, and the whole thing's nice and tight. Reinstall the six push clips on the top of the grille and bumper. Line up the holes. Push the clips in.

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