Tl* the contact owns a 1996 chevrolet silverado. While operating the vehicle, the windshield wipers operated intermittently without warning. The contact discovered the federal safety agency campaign number: 03v159000 (visibility/wiper). The contact took the vehicle to wittmeier chevrolet (2292 forest ave, chico, ca 95928, (530) 895-8181) and was informed that the parts for the recall repair were currently on backorder. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.
1996 Chevrolet Silverado: windshield wiper failure
73 of the 186 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado describe windshield wiper failure.
- owner complaints
- 73
- of this car's complaints
- 39%
- typical mileage
- 89,000
- 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
1996 chevy silverado customer states that the windshield wiper motor should be recalled because the motor might fail resulting in cracking solder joints on the controller circuit board customer wants to be reimbursed**cc the consumer stated he has documentation that his vehicle was included in the recall, however the dealer states his vehicle was not included.
Dt*: the contact stated the windshield wipers work intermittently. The manufacturer was alerted however no inspection has been made.
Intermittently windshield wipers failed to operate or function properly due to the defect described in recall 03v159000. But this vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN. The windshield wiper motor had to be replaced.
Windshield wipers stop working without warning
While traveling on the highway in inclement weather windshield wipers will come on and off intermittently and without prior warning.
While traveling on the highway and without prior warning the windshield wipers will come on and off intermittently.
Windshield wipers stopped working. Turned to high they started working, if put in limit time it did not work. Shut off truck and restarted truck they worked o.k. For 5 min. Then stopped again.
The windshield wipers stopped working.
Windshield wipers worked only intermittantly. There was a recall, but this vehicle was not affected. Ts
No collisions, but this truck has had a total of 3 wiper motors, (2 replacements) and it is a 1996 model with 81000 miles on it: I read in truck trend that gm is under investigation for wiper motor failure, so I wanted to tell how I have experienced these failures in my own vehicle. Dt
Consumer state while using windshield wiper without any indication wiper would work intermits. Dealer has been contacted. Please provide further information. Mr
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado wipers
Is windshield wiper failure a common problem on the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado?
73 of 186 owner complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado (39%) mention windshield wiper failure. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Chevrolet Silverado?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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