Windshield wipers intermittently become inoperable in rainy weather conditions. Please give any further details.
1997 Ford Explorer visibility complaints
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Windshield wipers intermittently become inoperable in rainy weather conditions. Please give any further details.
Freezing rain the night before a trip occured, wipers stopped working 20 miles into a 130 mile trip and refused to work rest of trip. Requested an appointment with roth ford in petersburg, wv to enlarge windshield wiper storage area drain hole. Dealer refused, said that at least 20 people had call in with wipers frozen. During the remainder of the trip, I tried to get the wipers to work. They would barely move, but would not operate. After vehicle sat in airport parking lot for 10 days, wipers worked. I saw an article in a recent newspaper about this malfunction, so even though I did not prusue it with the local dealer or with the original dealer, I wanted to inform the federal safety agency that it is probably more of a problem than the 35 incidents mentioned in the article.
I saw a tv report about explorer owners complaining about wipers. Mine don't work in cold or damp weather. They only work after the SUV has been driven several miles. Dealership has no clue on how to fix problem.
Please ad VIN #. Consumer driving and when she turned on windshield wipers on, the motor froze in the up position. Dealership---odaniel ford---service--748-6260, service mechanic said there had been a number of those complaints at this dealership.
Rear windshield wiper failed.
Rear windshield wiper failed. Yh
Inside rear view mirror failed causing poor visibility.
While driving in cold/ icy weather the windshield wiper arms froze, causing the windshield wipers to be inoperative, which could cause visibility problems and an accident. *ak.et.
The throttle body was replaced at 17,000 miles and at 30,000 miles I was told by ford I needed an air induction cleaning. At 37,000 miles I now have the same gas pedal problem and was told it was the throttle body again.
The location of rear view mirror is mounted too low, which obstructs drivers vision. Driver not able to see to the right clearly. The dealer has been notified about the problem. *ak
While driving the windshield wiper malfunctioned, causing visibility problems in the rain. The windshield wiper never turned back on. Currently at the dealer. Cause unknown. Please provide further details.
Vehicle vibrates while driving.
Side view mirrors vibrate excessively causing poor visibility resulting in accident.
Air conditioning switch assembly failed.
Automatic window motor failed.
Hissing/whistling noise under vehicle.
Air deflector installed over back window is damaging hinges on window.
Rear view mirrors create poor visibility.
Owner went to put on the defroster button while driving and the window became frozen to the point that he had to pull off the road and clean the window by himself.
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