Hello everyone, so I own a 2004 Acura TL 6spd. I recently discovered that my wipers ceased to function completely, but the wiper fluid can still function and spray my windshield.

now upon research I found that my car was part of a recall on the wiper motor failing due to a manufacturing defect. So I called Acura and it appears my vehicle has already been serviced for this issue.

After checking my fuses and confirming that they are all good. I looked online and saw that it wasn’t that hard of a job to swap the windshield wiper motor. So I went to a local parts store and purchased one(remanufactured). I start the process of removing the old motor, and before properly installing the “new” motor, I quickly connect it and see if it turns over. Unfortunately, nothing happened when trying to activate it.

I ran a multimeter to see if the switch was getting power, and it was. The only two things I can think of is either A) the motor I bought was defective or B) the wiper switch is defective.

so the question I truly have is, does anyone have instructions on removing the wiper switch so that I can test it with a known good one? I can’t seem to find the proper one online anywhere for they 3rd gen TL.

thank you!

 

Found these on Rockauto.com
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...er+switch,4856

Perhaps someone on here has the instructions from the manual for removing/installing one.
Hope this helps.