On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:33:10 GMT, phil <ndccpf1@bellatlantic.net>
wrote:

>Appears the factory has used TOO much di-electric grease on the
>windshield washer pump connector. It causes the contacts to not make
>good electical contact. I did one yesterday (12K miles) which was still
>on warranty but....the front bumper pulls off easily (15 or so) with the
>removal of the PLASTIC clips and three bolts (1 wheel well and two under
>rear passenger side bumper) and slides out exposing the pump and bottle
>at the bottom. The Element I did was FULL of grease on the connector.
>Cleaned and all is good now !!
>
>Phil

I'll check that out - I have an 03 element that the front washer pump
doesn't work on.

I posed a related question here recently, but got no response - do you
know which fuse is associated with this pump? None is labeled as such,
but I'd guess one of them handles this.