NHTSA Complaint #10553359 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

THERE WAS A VEHICLE RECALL CAMPAIGN REGARDING THE WIPER MOTOR ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WATER WOULD WORK IT'S WAY INTO THE WIPER MOTOR ON CERTAIN MODELS AND SHORT THE MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD OUT. GENERAL MOTOR'S FIX WAS TO INSPECT AND RESEAL THE MOTOR. NOT LONG AFTER GENERAL MOTOR'S SUPPOSED FIX, THE WIPERS ON MY TRAILBLAZER WOULD STOP IN MID WIPE AND THEN RESTART AGAIN A FEW SECONDS LATER, WHICH I REGARD AS A SERIOUS SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CIRCUIT BOARD HAD SHORTED OUT AND THE WIPER MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT $332.67. THIS WAS THE SAME PROBLEM THE RECALL WAS SUPPOSED ADDRESS. IN MY OPINION, GENERAL MOTOR'S (FIX) WAS A STOPGAP MEASURE AND NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AND A ONGOING SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. NOT TO MENTION THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD TO SHELL OUT FOR THIS REPAIR OVER THE YEARS. I FEEL THAT THE NHTSA SHOULD MAKE GENERAL MOTOR'S RECALL THIS VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO FEEL THAT ANYONE WHO HAS PAID FOR THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. *TR