Rear Washer Hose Routing
The rear washer hose is a component of the main body wire harness assembly.
The rear washer hose is a hard plastic convoluted tube that is wrapped in the electrical
tape along with the main body wiring harness. It starts underhood where it connects
to the rear washer solvent container hose, this is rubber tubing. The rear washer
hose routes into the main body wire harness underhood and passes through the front
of the dash. The rear washer hose runs inside the vehicle interior along the left
side rocker and over the left rear wheel housing. The rear washer hose is then routed
up the left side pillar where it connects to the rear washer nozzle hose , where it
is rubber tubing, at the top of the lift gate opening.
Removal Procedure
- Locate the damaged section of the rear washer hose, this will be hard
plastic convoluted tubing.
- If the leak is located inside the main body wire harness, cut back the
wire harness electrical tape to expose the damaged section.
- Cut out the damaged section of the rear washer hose.
Installation Procedure
- Replace the damaged section of the rear washer
hose.
• | Use a 9.5 mm (3/8 in) vacuum hose to replace damaged section. |
• | Overlap the rear washer hose, the plastic tubing, by 10 mm (0.39 in)
on each end. |
• | Retain each end of the vacuum hose with a 100 mm (4 in)
cable tie. |
- Verify the repair by activating the washer system and checking for leaks.
- If the leak was located inside the main body wire harness, use electrical
tape to retain the repaired section to the wire harness.
- If the leak requires the rear washer hose to
be removed in the front of dash grommet do the following:
• | Cut out the auxiliary washer hose hole from the grommet. |
• | Pass new section of the rear washer hose through the new grommet hose. |
• | Repair the hose on either side of the grommet. |