While driving in a rain storm. The windshield wipers completely stopped working. The consumer had to get out of the vehicle to lift the hood and hit the wiper motor or move the wiper to make them work. . Please provide any further information.
1998 Chevrolet Pickup: windshield wiper failure
12 of the 73 complaints about the 1998 Chevrolet Pickup describe windshield wiper failure.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 16%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Windshield wiper failure by model year
What owners say
While driving in inclement weather, the windshield wipers failed. This caused poor visibility to the driver. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it home. The driver contacted the dealer and was informed that the windshield wiper motor needed probably needed to be replaced.
The windshield wiper motor relay malfunctioned,causing the windshield wipers to stop functioning. Also, manifold intake gasket leaked antifreeze, and had to be replaced. *ak the previous year make/model with the same problem have been recalled.
Windshield wipers stop working.
Windshield wipers failed at various times. When this happened the driver had to get out of the vehicle and jiggle a wire located under the hood on the windshield wiper motor. *ak the problem was intermittent. *scc
Windshield wiper motor fails intermittently.
1998 chevrolet pick up- problems with windshield wipers system. *mr the wipers were intermittent, even when the switch was on the low or high position. There was a recall, but the consumers vehicle was not included. *scc
Windshield wipers failed. Dealer notified. *ak the windshield wiper control circuit board failed and needed to be replaced under the special policy #02054. *scc
While driving duringa down pour vehicles wipers failed. Dealer notified.
The vehicles wipers failed.
The vehicle experienced the same problem as stated in the recall regarding the windshield wipers, however the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall.
Windshield wipers fail intermittently. Problem was first noticed over a year ago while on a cross country vacation in light rain. A year later the wipers have degraded to almost a complete component failure. Even though my truck is a 98', I was wondering if this is a continuation of recall #98043.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Chevrolet Pickup wipers
Is windshield wiper failure a common problem on the 1998 Chevrolet Pickup?
12 of 73 owner complaints about the 1998 Chevrolet Pickup (16%) mention windshield wiper failure. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Chevrolet Pickup?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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