How do you change the rear wiper on a 2005 Sienna?

Answer 1

EASY TO DO YOURSELF

1. Pop off end cap at BASE of wiper arm.

2. Remove nut with 10mm wrench or ratchet.

3. Remove whole arm. Might have to rotate counter clockwise to

work it off.

4. Fold wiper blade assembly all the way back and it just slides out at angle.

5. Set new blade assembly in and reassemble arm and cap

They should have these instructions in the dealer part bag because I could

have broken the wiper arm. Luckily I googled this question after I became frustrated on how to remove the old one. I attempted to change the rear wiper on my 2005 Sienna and although I now understand how to go about this, I was not successful in completing it. Here are the steps to follow, perhaps this will be helpful: 1. You will notice that the rear wiper arm does not pull away from the glass the way the front arms do. That is because of the plastic protective cap tat covers the bolt and nut on which the arm swings. You need to start by removing the cap. Spread the sides of the cap and slide and lift it away from the glass to remove it. 2. Once the cap is removed the whole arm will swing out away from the glass. The wiper will detach from the fixed portion of the arm in a similar fashion to the front wipers - it unhooks easily. Be sure to note which end of it faces what direction; it can only be replaced one way. 3. You will notice that the wiper frame (not sure if this is correct nomenclature, but lets go with it) is not your standard Canadian Tire replaceable wiper. Because of this, you need to replace the actual wiper blade (the rubber part separate from the frame). If you have purchased a replacement wiper including the frame and the blade, you will need to separate the new blade from the new wiper frame and use it to replace to old wiper blade. This probably involves a pair of pliers, and some careful sliding and pulling of the blade through the wiper frame. I was unsuccessful at separating the new wiper blade from its frame in step 3 (the new blade was destroyed in the process), so I ended up putting my old wiper blade back on the wiper frame and replacing it on the van. I think I'll have the thing changed by the pros when I next service the vehicle. Nevertheless, perhaps this information will be useful to someone more adept at this type of thing.