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Chevrolet Camaro wipers problems

39 of the 2,968 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Camaro describe windshield wiper failure, most of them for the 1998 model year.

owner complaints
39
worst model year
1998
typical mileage
20,000
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below

By model year

  • 2020
    1
  • 2017
    5
  • 2016
    3
  • 2014
    1
  • 2013
    1
  • 2012
    1
  • 2011
    1
  • 2002
    2
  • 1999
    1
  • 1998
    7
  • 1997
    2
  • 1996
    4
  • 1995
    4
  • 1994
    4
  • 1991
    1
  • 1990
    1

What owners say

Filed Jul 16, 2021 · Electrical · 42,767 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro. The contact stated while his wife was stopped at a traffic light, the light turned green and the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact stated that his wife was unable to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that when he attempted to jump start the vehicle, the vehicle remained off, but the passenger’s side rear taillight illuminated, and the windshield wipers engaged independently. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after three attempts. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the battery had failed. The vehicle was then taken to Connell Chevrolet (2828 Harbor Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92626) who diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The battery was replaced, and the dealer test drove the vehicle but informed the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The approximate failure mileage was 42,767.

Filed Mar 20, 2020 · Visibility · 3,000 miles · OK

Tl* the contact owns a 2020 chevrolet camaro. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the windshield wipers failed to operate. The contact took the vehicle to hudiburg chevrolet located at (6000 tinker diagonal, midwest city, ok 73110) where the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated that the failure recurred intermittently without warning. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.

Filed Oct 5, 2019 · Visibility · 1,800 miles · SC

Vehicle was purchased new. Within the first 3 months windshield has always fogged up. Issue seemed minor at first but is annoying and is a safety hazard. When running the AC, I always have to turn on wipers to clear-and condensation is always right above defrost vent.

Filed Jan 6, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 450 miles · PA

Windshield fogs up when driving to the point that visibility is so obscured you can't drive. When you turn defog on, the outside glass fogs up and you must use wipers but the fogging reoccurs so quickly that it still obstructs view

Filed Aug 25, 2018 · Visibility · LA

Mainly at night the windshield has lots of condensation on the outside . There is a service bulletin but it doesn't help, actually it made mine worse. You can feel the air coming from the defroster on the inside of the car. We have to ride with the wipers on. I had a case with gm but it was closed because the engineers said that there is nothing to be done. We bought the car in february it has some condensation but has only gotten worse

Filed Jul 28, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 20,000 miles · FL

The windshield fogs up and drips with air on the feet. No way to clear the increasing fog unless you turn the air-conditioning off and increase the heat there for on the 90+ hot and muggy day you are left with heat exhaustion or pulling over on the side of the roadways which is never safe. When it rains good luck deciding if you want to turn the window defoggers on and cause condensation or open the windows in the rain to get wet which makes the windows steam up completely or last resort is to turn the heat up on the defrosters and heat up the whole car. . Or again, pull over to the side of the road indefinitely or do not drive your car in 80% of the south's weather conditions. Really sad that gm and the chevrolet dealerships fix to this issue is to say "welcome to the south" and laugh. This happens when its muggy out, raining, cool and wet, early morning or late evening. It only gets worse with the wipers, only gets better with higher heat for extended periods of time. So in essence most of that or those days.

Filed Jul 9, 2018 · Visibility · KY

Windshield fogs up and blocks visibility tremendously (on a vehicle with low visible already, it is very dangerous). This is caused by cold air leaking from the windshield defroster vent, and happens regardless of defroster setting. It becomes a problem on hot and humid days and when it rains, rendering the AC useless if you want to see out of the windshield. Further, turning the AC off does not decrease the fogging, nor does driving the car or sitting stationary. The only ways to keep it at bay are to run hot air (horribly uncomfortable on hot/humid days) or to constantly run the wipers on a high speed. Aside from those, running cold air conditioning (windshield defroster off) causes a dangerous amount of fogging in the aforementioned conditions.

Filed Jul 9, 2018 · Visibility · FL

Defective HVAC system: excessive moisture on outside windshield, due to HVAC blowing AC cold air onto windshield inside the vehicle while running AC unit. Every time I use my AC the windshield fogs up with excessive moisture on the outside of the windshield and it a life threatening problem, as you have to run the wipers to clear the windshield for any visibility fogging issues. Gm knows about this problem and they have yet to come up with a fix, as all 2016-2018 chevrolet camaro's have the same problem and yet they still sell them and are not interested in fixing this life threatening issue! Guess gm is waiting for their camaro customers to get killed first before they act to fix this ongoing problem.

Filed Sep 28, 2017 · Visibility · TX

They have a flaw where there is always vent from when the AC is on to the defrost vent on the windshield, here in texas where there is 100 humidity most of the year. I have poor visibility because of all the condensation from cold air hitting the windshield all the time. I am having to run my wipers anytime I drive my vehicle, even with no rain. It causes for a major distraction and I have almost wreck several times

Filed Jan 2, 2017 · Electrical · MI

Car won't start. Dealership replace battery. One week later car wouldn't start again. However, wipers, emergency flashers and lights turned on while in the "off" position. Car has been into the dealership 3 times and we have been stranded "6" times. Vehicle was stationary.

Related recalls

Visibility: windshieldReported February 19, 1991 · 21 vehicles affected
What is wrong
Poor bond adhesion between the windshield glass and the mounting, which could allow the windshield to separate from the vehicle during a collision. This fails to conform with fmvss 212.
Risk
If windshield separation occurs in a collision, anunbelted occupant could be ejected from the vehicle, and personal injury couldoccur.
Remedy
Remove all sealer from windshield and mounting; apply new bonding and sealant material, and reinstall windshield.

Recall number 91V031000 · Recall details

Questions about the Chevrolet Camaro wipers

Which Chevrolet Camaro years have windshield wiper failure problems?

The model years with the most reports are 1998 (7 complaints), 2017 (5 complaints) and 1994 (4 complaints).

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