Chevrolet Astro wipers problems

Filed Aug 4, 2017 · Electrical, Visibility · 89,000 miles · AZ

When raining widshield wipers dont work as directed, they do what they want. They stay on after shutting them off. And door locks lock and unlock repeatedly. Wipers also shut off in the middle of line of sifht intermittently. Never works correctly

Filed Jan 14, 2010 · Visibility · 130,000 miles · OH

I have a 1996 chevy astro van. During a heavy rain,with the wipers on high the wipers stopped working.

Filed Aug 31, 2009 · Visibility · 129,877 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet astro. The driver stated that the windshield wiper circuit board causes the wipers not to function properly. If visibility is reduced while driving the risk for vehicle crash and serious injury are increased. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the windshield wiper motor was repaired. He contacted the manufacture and was informed by a representative that there were no existing recalls for his year make and model.. The failure mileage was 129,877. The current mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 20, 2007 · Visibility · 75,000 miles · MO

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 chevrolet astro. The contact stated that the windshield wipers stop working without warning. The failure occurs intermittently. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 80,000 and failure mileage was 75,000.

Filed Oct 6, 2005 · Visibility · 74,000 miles · NC

Dt: the consumer complained about intermittent windshield wiper problem on 1994 chevrolet astro. Windshield functions failed. The windshield wipers were cutting off while driving. The consumer contacted the dealer, and they did not have any recalls on consumer's vehicle. The consumer contacted gm, and they referred the consumer to the federal safety agency. This has been happening for around six months. The windshield wipers would not come on immediately when turned on. The windshield wipers had a delay reaction when the switch was turned on. The consumer was having the windshield wipers fixed today.*ak

Filed Aug 24, 2005 · Visibility · 70,000 miles · MS

Dt: contact states while driving while raining the windshield wipers will stop working. Contact states if lifting the hood and moving the motor they will start working again. If the vehicle goes over a bump in the road, the windshield wipers will stop working again. There is a recall on this model of vehicle, but consumer's specific vehicle does not fall under the recall due to VIN. The vehicle has not been to a service dealer, but consumer has contacted the manufacturer. The wipers fail ed to operate each time when raining, and need to be used.*ak

Filed Jul 17, 2005 · Visibility · VA

My wife was driving our 1998 chevy astro van in a heavy rain in heavy traffic near washington d.c. Last week. She turned the wipers on. The wipers randomly worked and didn't worked and it almost caused a very serious accident. This random "work/doesn't work" even has started happening more frequently since about 4 months ago. In doing research on the web, apparently gm knows about this problem but will not accept responsibility for the circuit board problem.

Filed Jul 12, 2005 · Visibility · 60,000 miles · OH

Dt: the consumer stated that her windshield wipers fail intermittently. They came on when the consumer didn't need them, but when she needed them they wouldn't come on. This has happened in two astros that the consumer has owned. The first one was a 1995 chevy astro van and the second one is a 1998 astro van. The windshield wipers and motor to the wipers had to be replaced. The owner was told by a service technician that gm replaced the motor on the wipers on the models before the owners van. There is no recall on the 1998 vans. This has been a problem since 2003. The owner has not had this looked at by a technician. The owner stated that she usually she pulls over to the side of the road, pops the hood and taps on the windshield wiper motor to get the wiper to work, and most times this works. The consumer has not talked to the dealer but has talked with gm. The person at gm said that since there was no recall there is nothing that they can do. The owner just keeps tapping on the windshield wiper motor to correct this problem. The owner is taking her van in for recall work on the side mirror tomorrow. She is going to ask about the windshield wipers and show them the complaints that have been filed on the windshield wipers from the federal safety agency.

Filed Jul 11, 2005 · Visibility · OH

I have owned 3 chevy astro vans. 1995/2001/1998/ in the 1995 and in the one I have now 1998 the windshield wipers fail to work. They come on when there is no rain and don't come on when it rains. I spoke to a service man and he told me that many of the astro vans have that problem. A delay in winshield wipers

Filed Jun 28, 2005 · Visibility · UT

Dt: consumer received a recall letter for windshield wiper motor for 1995 chevorlet pickup. He also owns a 1994 chevrolet astro which actually has the problem that the recall mentions but that particular vehicle is not covered. Has been having the problem over a year. Consumer contacted the service dealer, and was told to tap it to keep it working. Consumer feels the recall should be expanded to cover this problem.