How to Replace Windshield Wiper Transmission 1999-2005 Volkswagen Jetta
Created on: 2014-04-08
You can replace your own windshield wiper transmission on your 99-11 Volkswagen Jetta! Learn how with this 1A Auto video.
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step 1 :Accessing the Wiper Transmission
- Open the hood
- Pry the caps of the wiper arms
- Remove the 13mm nuts from the wiper arms
- Pull the wiper arms off
- If the arms do not come off, pull them back and forth to loosen them
- If they still don’t come off, close the hood and pull the arm straight up, then reopen the hood
- Peel the cowl weatherstrip off
- Remove the cowl side panel
- Pull the cowl up and out
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step 2 :Removing the Wiper Transmission
- Remove the three 10mm bolts from the wiper transmission
- Lift your wiper transmission up and out
- Disconnect the wiper motor wiring harness
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step 3 :Removing the Motor from the Wiper Transmission
- Pry the arms off the wiper transmission with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the 13mm nut from the wiper transmission
- Pry the small arm off the wiper transmission
- Remove the three 10mm nuts that hold the motor to the wiper transmission
- Pull the motor off the wiper transmission
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step 4 :Preparing the New Wiper Transmission
- Pry the top arm off the new wiper transmission
- Pry the small arm off the wiper transmission
- Connect the wiper motor to its wiring harness
- Turn the ignition to “accessory�
- Run the wipers for one cycle, to put the motor in the rest position
- Disconnect the wiper motor wiring harness
- Push the motor onto the new wiper transmission
- Insert the three 10mm bolts that hold the wiper motor to the wiper transmission
- Put the smaller arm onto the wiper transmission
- Start the nut onto the smaller arm
- Line the smaller arm up parallel to the upper arm
- Tighten the smaller arm with a 13mm wrench
- Push the other arm into place
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step 5 :Installing the New Wiper Transmission
- Connect the wiper motor wiring harness
- Push the wiper transmission into place
- Insert the three 10mm bolts into the wiper transmission
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step 6 :Reinstalling the Wiper Arms
- Line up the cowl, pushing the lip into its slot
- Push in the small cowl panel
- Push the cowl weatherstrip into place
- Put the wiper arms into place
- Insert the 13mm nuts onto the wiper arms
- Push on the wiper arm caps
Tools needed
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13mm Socket
Flat Blade Screwdriver
10mm Socket
1/2 Inch Breaker Bar
13mm Wrench
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the wiper transmission on this 2004 Volkswagen Jetta. It's the same part and similar process on these Jettas from 1999 to 2011. The items you'll need for this are a new wiper transmission from 1AAuto.com, 10mm and 13mm socket and ratchet, flat blade screwdriver, and a 13mm wrench.
Start off by prying off these caps at the bottom of the wiper arms, and then remove these two 13mm nuts. Now you just want to pull the wiper arms free. If they don't come off right away, you just want to push them in and out a couple times to loosen them up. If, when you angle it up, it still won't pull off, it can help to just close your hood, and then just try to lift it straight up. Now pull off your weather stripping, and then pull this panel in and then out. Now you just want to lift your cowl up on both sides, and then pull it around the hood hinges. You can just pull it off.
Next, remove these three 10-mm bolts. We will fast forward as Don does that. Now you can maneuver your wiper transmission up and out. Just pry up on this tab and pull the harness free.
Then using a flat blade screwdriver, you want to pry this top arm off, and then pry off this bottom arm, and remove this 13mm nut that holds the smaller arm to your motor. Then just pry that arm off, and remove these three 10mm bolts. We'll fast forward as Don does that. Once those are removed, your motor will pull right off. Up front is the old wiper transmission. Behind it is the new one from 1A Auto. You can see they're identical, and they're going to fit exactly the same. Now pry off this top arm on your new wiper transmission, and then we use two flat blade screwdrivers, and you just want to pry that arm to the second ball, so past the first one that it's supposed to be under. Then take your motor and plug the harness in, and turn your key to accessory, and just turn your wiper blades on, then off, and this will cycle the motor and make sure that it's in the rest position. Now pry out and disconnect your motor harness. Push your motor into place on your new wiper transmission, and replace the three 10mm bolts. We'll just fast forward as Don does that. Now put the smaller arm back on, and twist the nut into place, and line it up so that the arm above it is parallel with the lower arm. This will ensure that it's in the right place. Using a 13mm wrench, just tighten up that nut, keeping these arms parallel. Then push that arm down into place, and push the upper arm back down into place.
Connect the motor, and then feed the transmission and motor assembly down in. Once you've got it back down into your car, just replace those three 10mm bolts. We'll fast forward as Don does this and tightens them up.
Now you want this lip to go into this slot along here, so just feed this cowl back into place. You'll have to go from side to side, lining it up, getting it around those hinges on your hood. Once you've got it into place, you just push it down, and then tuck in that smaller panel on the side, and push it back down into place. Now replace your weather strip, and put your wiper arms back into place, making sure they're lined up where you want them. Then just replace that nut and tighten it up. We'll fast forward as Don repeats the process with the other wiper arm. Just replace those caps on the ends of your wiper arms.
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