1999 Pontiac Montana: windshield wiper failure

7 of the 235 complaints about the 1999 Pontiac Montana describe windshield wiper failure.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 3%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 9 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Windshield wiper failure by model year

2006
1
2005
2
2004
1
2003
1
2002
4
2001
5
2000
8
1999
7
1998
2

What owners say

Filed Sep 10, 2007 · Visibility · 60,000 miles · MO

When driving at highway speed (60mph or greater) the wiper will over run the windshield when initially turned on. This is resulting in destroying the blade and creating a safety problem. It has happened for several years but the gm dealers tell me they have never heard of this problem. I was told by a former bosch (current manufacturer) vice-president that when bosch purchased this manufacturing line from ut automotive, they noticed the problem and advised g.m. Of the issue. G.m. Chose to do nothing. While my car is older, this issue has been present even when the vehicle was newer. I am reporting it now because it is getting worse. *tr *updated 12/12/07 *bf updated 12/12/07

Filed Jul 5, 2006 · Visibility · 72,747 miles · OH

Dt*: the contact stated, while driving in heavy rain at 50 MPH., the wiper blades on the windshield collided with each other. The driver side blade/assembly was torn from the wiper arm and the passenger blade/assembly was twisted out of position for proper operation. Updated 07/25/06.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Brakes, Engine · 124,000 miles · UN

Heat & engine low coolant light on;heater blower inop at some speeds(replace intake gasket and blower fan resistor paint paint bubbled on hood transmission harsh shifting (faulty pressure control solenoid) wheel noise in bearing (replace wheel hub assembly) brakes a.b.s light always comes on(loose wires;disconnected wire faulty sensor)ongoing problem not fixed(rear wiper motor;passenger mirror keeps shifting;no heat control in position half window half floor

Filed May 4, 2003 · Visibility · 128,000 miles · MI

Windshield wipers will not return when off, they run but stay up when off.

Filed Nov 18, 2001 · Visibility · TX

Windshield wipers suddenly stopped while we were driving in a torrential 3-hour downpour. Had to pull onto shoulder and drive with no forward visibility until reaching a town with a garage. This was on highway 77 in south texas, a very heavily travelled road. We were lucky to have avoided being hit from behind. The problem was that the wiper drive arm had come off the ball-shaped stud on the drive crank. One of the two 5 mm screws had come out of the clamp holding the drive arm to the drive stud. This is a serious weakness in this vehicle as a more secure locking method should be used for this clamp (I added locknuts to the screws on my clamp). This arm mounting undergoes a lot of cycles with fairly heavy alternating loading, and should be much more positively fastened than it is. I suggest that these vehicles be recalled and a better locking system added to the wiper drive arm.

Filed Feb 21, 2001 · Visibility · NY

Windshield wipers work intermittently. While windshield wipers are in motion they begin to interlock with each other. Windshield wipers have been fixed on four different occasions, but the problem still occurs.

Filed Nov 10, 1999 · Brakes · PA

Did not mark crash, however could not stop in time to prevent hitting curb, my mother had borrowed my car. If a car had been parked there it would have been hit. Failure was due to brake line was positioned so that when the wipers were running, the arm that goes back and forth to actuate the drivers side wiper was contacting the line in a sawing motion. The line was covered with a braided shield or tube over the line and it went through both that and the brake line. I did not get a brake warning light until the brake fluid resevoir was down to 1/4 in. The brakes went from being a little mushy to none at all. Had I been on a trip on a rainy day, I could have been in a very serious accident. The dealers attitude was very disappointing. There could easily be hundreds of cars out there that are accidents waiting to happen. It took them 7 working days to get a new line in and replace it. They did not even clean off the brake fluid that was sprayed in the engine area from the leak. When I asked about if they reported this problem they said that someone would look into it when they filed the warranty paperwork that no other incidents have been reported.