NHTSA Complaint #11233223 — 2016 GMC TERRAIN

ON THURSDAY, 18 JULY 2019, I WAS DRIVING MY 2016 GMC TERRAIN ALONG PENNSYLVANIA STATE ROUTE 420 IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, DELAWARE COUNTY. ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS WERE VERY WET WITH POOLING OF WATER. IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY AND FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 75 FEET. ONE SECOND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE WORKING AND THE NEXT SECOND, BOTH CEASED TO FUNCTION IN MID-WIPE POSITION AT FULL SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND INTO A BANK PARKING LOT. I DID NOTICE THAT, EVEN THOUGH THE WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING, IT SOUNDED AS IF THE WIPER MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING. THAT NOISE STOPPED AS WELL AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE. I CHECKED THE FUSE AND IT APPEARED TO BE OK BUT I DID REPLACE IT YET THE WIPERS STILL WOULD NOT ACTIVATE.