Chevrolet C/K Pickups wipers problems

Filed May 3, 2012 · Visibility · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet c/k. The contact stated that the windshield wipers would fail intermittently. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v159000 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 69,000.

Filed Jan 5, 2012 · Visibility · 130,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet c/k pickup. The contact stated when driving approximately 5 MPH in rainy weather conditions the windshied wipers would not operate normally. He would had to drive onto the emergency lane and wait until the rain stopped. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who advised him that the circuit board to the wiper motor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and advised him that he was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v159000 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer). The failure mileage was approximately 130,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 02/09/12*lj updated 02/13/12

Filed Nov 16, 2011 · Visibility · 128,397 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet pickup quad cab. The contact stated that the window wiper motor would fail intermittently. The dealer and the manufacturer advised that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v159000 (visibility: windshield wiper/washer). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 128,397.

Filed Nov 15, 2010 · Visibility · 93,850 miles · CA

Recently had wipers fail during heavy storm while on freeway. Nearly caused crash. Condition is intermittent. Checked the federal safety agency website and found recall (03v159000) and documents showed entire production from my model was included. Took truck to penske chev. Of cerritos, ca. Asked them to check for recall applicability. They told me "the truck was too old" and my VIN number was "not a good VIN". They called gm and got the same info, no record of VIN. I am the original owner (never received owner notifications) and showed them monroney label, original bill of sale and title with this VIN. Service writer told me that without VIN, there would be no repair, despite the paperwork provided and gm recall document with affected range. Dealer acted like I was trying to steal from them.

Filed Sep 24, 2010 · Visibility · 53,000 miles · ND

Tl* the contact owns a 1994 chevrolet c/k pickup. The contact was driving 35 MPH in rainy weather when the windshield wipers failed. The contact stated that the wipers would only work intermittently before the failure. The dealer was contacted and informed the contact there were no recalls for the windshield wipers and he would have to pay for any repairs. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The windshield wipers were not repaired. The failure mileage was 53,000.

Filed May 7, 2009 · Visibility · 21,000 miles · SC

I hate to sound repetitive ,but I also have a 1998 chevy silverado 4x4 that has a windshield wiper motor problem. I also think that gm should step-up and fix this problem because when it happens to so many of the same vehicles I feel as though it's a factory defect. This has been happening for a long time. The truck doesn't have but 61,000 miles on it. I confronted them about it and they wouldn't help me out. That's why I have a toyota ,that's made in the USA, sitting in my driveway. God bless the USA !!!

Filed Mar 28, 2009 · Visibility · 120,000 miles · VA

I have a 1996 chevy pickup. The wipers kept on turning off when raining. I have talked to my local chevy dealer if there was a recall as well chevy company and the both said no. I have seen recalls on this complaint on other vehicles (chevy p/u) on the same year. But my VIN doesn't have a recall. Windshield wiper motor controller circuit board. When I was coming in to work this morning at 0430 in the rain the wiper turned off and would come back on.

Filed Feb 21, 2009 · Visibility · 68,000 miles · MI

Well my whole family has owned this truck and it was passed down to me I drive it all the time and I have put it in the ditch due to my window wipers work when they want and on the hwy all the salt builds up and I cant see the road.

Filed Oct 28, 2008 · Visibility · MD

Windshield wipers work when they want . Turn them on and they may work ,then stop as you drive, sometimes they go to intermittent mode when they want or stop completely you have to pull off the road and manually pull on them to get them started , this works for a mile or so then they stop again on their own.

Filed Jul 8, 2008 · Visibility · 98,000 miles · MO

I was returning home when it started raining. I tried to turn on my windshield wipers and they did not come on. The rain became very heavy and I was unable to see. I had no was to turn off or stop so I slowed down to about 10 MPH in a 45 MPH zone, so I could even stay on the road. When I finally had a chance to pull off the road I did. The wipers did not work at any speed, nor did the wiper wash mode work. After I made it home I checked the fuse for the wipers and it was okay. I turned the ignition switch on and the wipers worked. As we have had a lot of rain in our area, this occurred 3 seperate times where the wipers failed to work when I needed them. After I had gotten home, and checked again, they worked. I researched on the web at a chevy site and found that this was a common problem with the vehicle, mine is a 1997 chevrolet k pickup truck. I also found a odi recall which matched my type of failure. The dealer service manager said that my vehicle number was not part of the recall. The federal safety agency action number is ea02006. Even though this was a used truck and the symptoms matched, they would not provide the repairs for free based on the recall. I believe that this should be repaired as part of the recall.