NHTSA Complaint #700533 — 1998 BUICK CENTURY

UNKNOWN OR OTHER issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	700533
Vehicle	1998 BUICK CENTURY
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of Incident	November 10, 1998
Date Filed	November 12, 1998
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	AL

Consumer Description

DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER ARM BECOMES LOOSE AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES INOPERATIVE. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED THIS THREE TIME PREVIOUSLY ON WARRANTY. IN THE LATEST INCIDENT I WAS PASSING AN 18 WHEELER DURING A DRIVING RAINSTORM AT NIGHT WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AND STOPPED WORKING. I AM LUCKY TO STILL BE ALIVE. HAD I HAD AN ACCIDENT AND BEEN KILLED NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN OR SUSPECTED THE CAUSE. ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION THE DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER BECAME ENMESHED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER AND BOTH WIPERS SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING. HAD THIS HAPPENED AND BOTH WIPERS QUIT IN THIS LATEST INCIDENT I VERY LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS HAPPENED IN A 1998 BUICK CENTURY, BUT ANY GM CAR WITH A SIMILAR WIPER DESIGN COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. ANY TIME A WIPER ARM IS REMOVED FOR ANY REASON, CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY TIGHTENED OR IT WILL BEGIN TO SLIP AND EVENTUALLY CAUSE THIS SAME POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO ISSUE TORQUE SPECS FOR WIPER ARMS.

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