On my way home, my vehicle was in motion on the highway during heavy rain. I was so terrified didnt notice that something was wrong till I pulled over. The left windshield wiper had stopped working. I had to wait till the rain had stopped to go home.
2012 Chevrolet Cruze: windshield wiper failure
32 of the 865 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze describe windshield wiper failure.
- owner complaints
- 32
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- typical mileage
- 74,700
- recalls
- 0
Windshield wiper failure by model year
What owners say
Passenger wiper blade quit working while driving down the road during a blizzard.
Driving on the highway and the wiper stopped working on the center
My passenger side windshield wiper stopped working.I was trying to make it a few days until I could afford to fix my passenger wiper and my driver side stopped working on my way to work on the highway while I was in motion. When this happened I had to hang my head out the window to see where I was driving until I could get to a safe location to pull over.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chevrolet cruze. The contact stated that while driving in a rain storm, the driver's side windshield wiper stopped working. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 108,000.
When you turn the dial to use the wipers. It does not work. You can push it, to spray the wiper fluid, but the wipers dont move. My vechile only has 51000 miles on it.
My windshield wipers had stopped working completely no movement at all, they were making a noise whenever you toggled the wiper control inside the car. So I mad an appointment for jan 5th, 2018 so that it could be looked at and fixed. They told me that it was my windshield wipers transmission that needed to be replaced. In which I knew I had been researching before hand needed to be sure . Auto shop told me that it would be $149 for the part that I would be responsible for, and they would take care of the labor and, then she said no it would be $74.00 for part and I told them to go ahead. They said they needed to order the part and it may not be there that day. So I then made an appointment with them monday january 8,2018 when they were supposed to have the part dropped my car off on that sunday january 7,2018 and they called me monday@9:30 telling me my car was ready so I picked it up after work.. Skip forward to friday january 12,2018 I get ready to leave for work and go outside I clear my car off and my windshield wipers aren't working.. I spray de-icer on them put my defrost on remove ice and all and they are not working... It has only been 3 days that I've had my windshield wipers transmission repaired and I'm still having this same issue.... I need answers.
I was driving in a rainstorm and all of a sudden my windsheild wipers stopped working this is extremely dangerous and I have read other complaints about this happening to people!!!
When starting my car, my windshield wipers start going along with windshield wiper fluid coming out, my four ways start blinking, and my trunk opens up and will not shut. I have not touched anything that would cause any of this to happen. This has happened multiple times and it puts me in a huge inconvenience. I was driving today and it's 14 degrees outside, yet my car started to overheat and a warning came up on my dash saying something about the A/C being shut off due to overheating.... Why would I be using my A/C at all?
Car slow to crank, check power steering comes on or check anti theft system occasionally. Sometimes the wipers, emergency lights or trunk pops open. No on can give me an answer as to what the heck is going on with my 2012 cruz. This happens while the car is stationary.
When I try and start my car sometime it stalls like it doesn't want to crank up and when I finally do get it crank the emergency lights flash, power steering comes on the screen and then windshield wipers come on. I had this problem previous a couple months again to where when I crank it the trunk came open and the stabilitak and jerk and other things would pop up. They put it on the machine and it said it was misfires so I went and got it fixed now it's happening again.
Wipers started stopping when on. If you turn them off and then on they work for a very short time then stop again. When the wipers are in the off position they stop right in front of the drivers view. Took to dealer, dealer stated the body control module was going out and would affect more and more of the car and could pose a safety hazard.
Service bulletins that may apply
- This PI provides information on Rear and Side Tempered Glass Spots (Quench Marks) and that they are a...
- Visibility: defroster/defogger/HVAC system
- Visibility: defroster/defogger/HVAC system: rear window: electrical heating element
- Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on glass ultraviolet (UV) Ray...
- Visibility
- Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- This PI bulletin provides information on Rear and Side Tempered Glass Spots (Quench Marks) and they are...
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze wipers
Is windshield wiper failure a common problem on the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze?
32 of 865 owner complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze (4%) mention windshield wiper failure. The model year with the most reports is 2014.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze?
There are 0 recalls and 44 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze
Check engine light 118Loss of power 68Stalling 54Jerking 53Overheating 47Fire or smoke 35Brake failure 33Power steering loss 28Transmission failure 25Won't start 25Steering lock-up 19Hesitation 17ABS 16No deployment 14Oil consumption 14Adaptive cruise 13Grinding brakes 13Headlights 13Warning lights 13Engine failure 12Screen failure 11Won't shift 11Key fob 8Airbag light 7Knocking 7Misfire 7Sudden acceleration 7Door locks 6Spongy pedal 6Pulling 5
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