1998 CHEVROLET TRUCK M/L VAN Visibility Problems

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ON FOR MORE THEN 5 TO 10 MINUTES. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DIFFERENT YEAR MODELS.*AK

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. BEEN GOING ON FOR 4 MONTHS. BEEN WAITING FOR COMPLETE FAILURE SO DEFECT CAN BE DETECTED. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM ON ASTRO VAN. TRYING TO FIND OUT IF A RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM! *NM

Mileage: 40,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING COMPLETELY WHILE IN USE, OR NOT WORK AT ALL WHEN NEEDED. CAN HEAR MOTOR, BUT WILL NOT WORK. CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN MY 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP STOPPED WORKING. *JB

Mileage: 40,000

1998 CHEVROLET S10 VIN#[XXX] PICKUP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY OR MAY NOT COME, WHEN THEY COME THEY MAY JUST STAY UP AND NOT MOVE AGAIN THEN YOU CAN'T TURN THEM OFF. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THE PICKUP. I HAVE CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 7-5-04 THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE A RECALL THAT ONLY COVERS MODELS FROM 1994 TO 1997 . THE DESCRIPTION IN THE RECALL IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE RECALL ONLY GOES TO 1994-1997, I KNOW THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I WAS IN A DOWN POUR ON INTERSTATE 40 AT 65 MILES AND TURNED ON MY WIPERS THEY CAME UP AND DIDN'T MOVE AGAIN.I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE IN A BAD WRECK WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES IN THAT RAIN. I KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE BOARD ON THE WIPER MOTOR GMC CORP. SHOULD BE ORDERED TO RECALL 1998 MODELS FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 32,500

THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THEY SIMPLY DO NOT OPERATE WHEN IT RAINS, WHICH HAS BECOME QUITE A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY DURING SUDDEN RAIN, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC!*AK WHILE I HAVE INCURRED NO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS FAILURE, I'VE HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC, DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, AS I COULD NOT SEE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE SAFELY.

Mileage: 1

THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THEY SIMPLY DO NOT OPERATE WHEN IT RAINS, WHICH HAS BECOME QUITE A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY DURING SUDDEN RAIN, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC!*AK WHILE I HAVE INCURRED NO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS FAILURE, I'VE HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC, DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, AS I COULD NOT SEE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE SAFELY.

Mileage: 1

WE OWN A 1998 S10,CHEVROLET PICKUP. SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS QUIT WHILE DRIVING. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THEY WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY INTERMITTENT! I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER BUT THEY SAID IT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL FOR A WINDSHEILD WIPER PROBLEM AND WOULD COST ROUGHLY $400 DOLARRS TO REPLACE THE PULSE MODULE. I UNDERSTAND THAT GM IN CANADA RECALLED SEVERAL VEHICLES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. ALSO I UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK IN THE US HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY QUESTION? IS GM RESPONSIBLE AND HAS THIS BEEN BEEN DONE TO ALERT GM?*AK

Mileage: 22,856

WINDSHIELD WIPER CUTS OUT. *LA

THIS IS A 1998 CHEVROLET P/U THAT HAS AN INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. WE ALSO OWN A 1995 CHEVROLET P/U THAT WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED. THE 1998 P/U HAS EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE 1995 AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ALSO.*AK

Mileage: 70,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STALLED INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING DEGRADATION OF INVISIBILITY IN THE RAIN. *PH *MR

INTERMITTENT WIPER FAILURE. THE WIPERS WILL QUIT WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES TO A HALF HOUR OR MORE AT TIMES. MOVING THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR ON AND OFF OF THE WIPER MOTOR HOUSING A FEW TIMES TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM FOR A FEW MINUTES OR A WEEK OR MORE AT TIMES. IT APPEARS THAT THE CONNECTION THERE IS FAULTY. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER INFORMED ME THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT PART OF THE WIPER FAILURE RECALL. *LA

Mileage: 69,000

WIPER MOTOR QUITS WORKING ON MY 1998 CHEVY EX. CAB P.U. 4 X 4. *LA

Mileage: 65,000

FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET C1500 SILVERADO WOULD QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. FINALLY, IN AUG 2003 I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN DRIVING RAINS WHEN THE WIPERS UNEXPECTEDLY QUIT CAUSES ME TO NARROWLY AVOID HITTING A PEDESTRIAN DUE TO LOSS OF VISIBILITY. I THEN STOPPED AT A CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT C1500 TRUCKS FROM 1994-1997 HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM DUE TO LOOSE SOLDERING ON THE WIPER MOTOR SWITCH. I WAS FORCED TO SPEND $64 TO REPLACE THIS VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. BOTH GM AND THE NHTSA ARE NEGLIGENT IN FAILING TO INCLUDE 1998 MODELS IN THIS RECALL. I HAVE CHECKED YOUR SITE AND FIND THAT THE NHSTA HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SINCE AT LEAST MAY 2002. I DEMAND A WRITTEN REPLY FROM THE NHSTA EXPLAINING WHY THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO RECALL. ONCE I HAVE YOUR REPLY I WILL FORWARD IT TO THE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION AND MY SENATORS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *LA

Mileage: 78,000

I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY CK 1500 4+4 TRUCK AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK OCCASIONALLY AND SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND WON'T SHUT OFF WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER TRUCKS, BUT CHEVROLET SAYS THIS IS NOT A RECALL MATTER. *LA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING, OR SOMETIMES DON'T WORK AT ALL. *LA

Mileage: 80,900

WINDSHIELD WIPER 1998 CHEVY TRUCK INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT WORK GM RECALLED FOR BAD PART FOR PREVIOUS YEARS UP TO 1997, NOT INCLUDING 1998. HOWEVER, GM USED SAME PART FOR 1998 BLAZER. *JB

Mileage: 86,955

WINDSHIELD WIPER 1998 CHEVY TRUCK INTERMITENTLY WILL NOT WORK CALLED GM 09/15/03 RECALLS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS NOT INCLUDING 1998

HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/NEWS03/GM_WIPERS.HTML PLEASE SEE THE ARTICLE ABOVE REGARDING GM'S RECALL OF 1994-1997 PICKUP TRUCKS WITH A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE THAT CAUSES THE WIPERS TO STOP WORKING.GM HAS LIMITED THE RECALL OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART FOR VEHICLE UP TO 1997 EVEN THOUGH THE PART IS USED IN 1998 VEHICLES. THIS WEEKEND I ALMOST CRASHED MY 1998 CHEVY 1500 PICKUP WHEN THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND RAIN. I THEN STOPPED AT A CHEVY DEALERS WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR VEHICLES ONLY UPTO 1997. I THEN HAD TO PAY $67 TO REPLACE THE PART MYSELF.IT WAS ONLY BY LUCK THAT I AVOIDED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE PART. GM NEEDS TO MODIFY THIS RECALL TO INCLUDE 1998 AND LATER MODELS THAT USE THIS MODULE.*AK

I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY S10 PICKUP. THE MANUFACTURE DATE IS 1/98. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE EARLIER MODELS 1994/1997 DID WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THEY WORK REAL WELL EXCEPT WHEN IT RAINS, ALSO WHEN THE WASHER IS USED IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THEM TO TURN OFF. I AM TOLD BY MY GARAGE THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE WIPER MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE. SAME PROBLEM AS EARLIER MODELS. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?? *NLM

Mileage: 72,000