NHTSA Complaint #10065922 — 1998 GMC JIMMY

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1998 GMC JIMMY ARE SPORADICALLY NOT WORKING. WHEN THEY ARE TURNED ON THEY WILL WIPE HALF MY WINDSHIELD THEN STOP THEN I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY WIPER BLADES AND TURN THEM BACK ON TO WIPE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF MY WINDSHIELD WHICH IS WHERE THEY WILL STOP AGAIN AND MUST REPEAT THIS PROCESS SEVERAL TIMES TO GET A COMPLETE WIPE. MY WIPERS TOO WILL FAIL TO STOP WIPING EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TURNED THE SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION. IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE AS TIME AS WORN ON. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT TIMES AND COMPLETELY TURN MY JIMMY OFF TO GET THE BLADES TO STOP. THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM, THE BLADES WILL ALSO FAIL TO STOP WHEN I CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD WITH THE WASHER FLUID. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT GM DID A RECALL ON 1994-1997 JIMMYS FOR THIS ISSUE, I HAVE ALSO READ THAT SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 1998 JIMMYS. I BELIEVE THAT GM NEED TO EXTEND THE RECALL TO INCLUDE 1998 JIMMYS AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I FOUND MYSELF STUCK BETWEEN AN 18 WHEELER AND A CEMENT BUMPER RIGHT AFTER IT HAD RAINED AND MY WIPERS FAILED TO WORK WHICH CAUSED MY VISION TO BE EXTREMELY IMPAIRED AND I WAS TRYING TO GET THE WIPERS TO WORK SO THAT I COULD SEE AND NEAR SLAMMED INTO THE CEMENT BUMPER. WHILE THIS DIDN'T RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IT VERY EASILY COULD HAVE. I AM REQUESTING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THIS ISSUES AS I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURER RELATED PROBLEM, AND SINCE THEIR HAS ALSO BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THE MODEL YEAR EARLIER. *JB