Driving my vehicle down the road in the rain try to turn on windshield wiper an nothing happened so I had to pull over until I could see good enough to get back on the road to drive an that's always happens to me.
1999 Chevrolet Tahoe: windshield wiper failure
29 of the 551 complaints about the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe describe windshield wiper failure.
- owner complaints
- 29
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- typical mileage
- 83,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Windshield wiper failure by model year
What owners say
I was driving from sc and attempted to turn on the wipers and they didn't work. I pull to the side and waited a few minutes and they just started working. I check the fuse but they were good. This has happened several times on the last year.
Gm issued a recall #05068 on over 800,000 trucks & suvs involving improper ABS activation at low/slow speeds. (the federal safety agency campaign id #05v379000). I took my 1999 chev tahoe to the dealer today for the repair, and was told this recall did not effect my vehicle, that it did not include my VIN #. The service person said he did observe the fact that my vehicle indeed has the problem, but they cannot fix it per gm's guidelines. I do not understand how - if it is evident the vehicle has the unsafe equipment/actions that warrant the recall, how can it be excluded from the recall? As of this date, I do not have an auto accident and/or personal injury on record due to the fact that I have learned to adjust my driving to avoid the obvious fact that, yes, I would have one or two rear-end accidents a week if I did not. This vehicle was purchased by me dec 2004 and was a problem from the beginning. We did not immediately have the money to pay to have it fixed. My husband was checking to see if the wiper system had been recalled for some reason as they rarely work, when he discovered the brake problem was being investigated. So we have waited this process out, only to discover it does not include our tahoe. As a matter of fact, when he printed the recall information out on 9/29/05, it listed the 1999 tahoes, but now as of today, it has been changed to 2000 and newer. How can that be when my vehicle has the problem?
Intermittent inoperative windshield wipers. Same as recall 98v150001. Has been going on for a year. I now know what the problem is.
Windshield wipers failed intermittently. There was a recall issued; however, this vehicle was not included due to VIN.*ak
Frequent recurring failure of front wipers. Most recent: nov 18, nov 20 and nov 23, 2004. Wiper will quit in mid-sweep. Remedy: raise hood, jiggle wiring harness plugs on gear box and/or tap on front of gear box. Remedy may work hours, days or weeks.
Intermittently when the windshield wipers are engaged the motor buzzes but the wipers don't engage. A service rep,.told the consumer to bang on the casing when this occurs. The truck's VIN # is not included in the windshield wiper recall 03v159000. *nm... If gm knows ther eis a problem with this wiper motor and has recalled certain vins. I see no reason why my VIN shouldn't be considered- aproblem-is a problem-since this model was on early 1999-purchased in may of 1998. Is it possible it has parts that were recalled on other vehicles earlier models. I do not feel I should have to pay on other vehicles, earlier models? I do not feel I should hav eto pay for a known problem tha tis a factory recall.
Windshield wipers are erratic in operating. Sometimes they will not work at all , or start and stop on their own. Intermittent operation is almost non-exisistant. You have to either tap on the motor under the hood or pull on the arms to get them to work.sometimes you have to wait for the rain to stop so you can continue to drive. This has been an ongoing problem for months and I have called several dealers in my area with my only option was to pay for the repairs. I have since talked to a lot of other owners that have the same problem.
Windshield wipers, junk, transmission junk,transfer case junk and rear end junk. Had the exact same problems with 1997 4x4 suburban, know many people having same problems now. There should be some type of recall or service bulletin. These problems have existed for years. May start buying foreign at least they stand by what they build. Must we wait until people are injured.
Intermittently while driving at any speed the windshield wipers did not work properly. This problem occurred ten times in the last three months. *ak tahoe had a recall on the wiper motor circuit board and cover on the 1994 through 1997 vehicles. *sc
Windshield wipers/washer fails to either start or to continue wiping when on. They just "stop" for no apparent reason.
Vehicle started surging while going down the road,also hard shift between 1st and 2nd gears.also have wiper problems.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe wipers
Is windshield wiper failure a common problem on the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe?
29 of 551 owner complaints about the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe (5%) mention windshield wiper failure. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe
ABS 103Brake failure 29Stalling 14Fuel pump 13Jerking 13No deployment 11Tire blowout 11Grinding brakes 9Harsh shifting 7Power steering loss 7Pulling 7Won't start 7Engine failure 6Knocking 5Fire or smoke 5Fuel leak 5Headlights 5Loss of power 5Transmission failure 5
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