In case anybody wants to access the PCM and/or the wiper motor. It’s actually pretty easy and accessible.
First thing to do is remove the wiper blades. At the base of the blades are bolt covers. They just snap onto 3 sides of the six-sided nut. Just get a flat-tip screwdriver and pop them straight up.
Once those are off, you’ll have to remove the nuts off the wiper arm studs. Once those are removed…
They likely will be pressed on there pretty good. Flip the wipers up to give you some ability to wiggle the base. It’s possible to remove them by hand, but easier if you use a tool to pull them off, usually comes in a nice puller set like this:
They pop off easily, usually with a loud “pop” sound, so just be ready for it. Once those are off it’s time to remove the upper cowl piece. There are 6 plastic clips that need to be removed:
Just use a Phillips head screwdriver to remove the center section of the clips. Sometimes they just spin without coming up. Just use your other hand to pinch the outer portion from underneath. It’s also clipped into slots on the bottom of the windshield. Just pull the cowl directly up with some force and they pop out.
To remove the lower cowl, you’ll need to slide out to metal clips on either end of it, where it sits on the metal frame:
They are in there with some “bite”. I used this tool to pull them straight back towards you::
Then there are 2 white clips more toward the center of the cowl, same place where the cowl meets the frame:
These just need to be popped up. It may tend to fall back into the hole, so you can remove them if you’d like by pulling it straight out. Don’t loose them, LOL. Here is what it looks like when it’s off the car:
Last thing to do before it will freely come out is, open the clips that hold the washer fluid line and pull the hose out. A small flat-tip screwdriver will open the clips, no need to remove them from the cowl:
And now you have access to both the PCM and the wiper motor, whichever component you are working on.
WIPER MOTOR
Pretty easy,actually. Just disconnect the connector for the motor:
PCM
Also very easy, just undo both the main connectors. Do this carefully by lifting the hold-down/lock handle:
And pull the assembly out.
And that’s it! Assembly is reverse.