1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM ON 1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO. WINDSHIELD FUNCTIONS FAILED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ON CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM, AND THEY REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO NHTSA. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AROUND SIX MONTHS. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON IMMEDIATELY WHEN TURNED ON. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD A DELAY REACTION WHEN THE SWITCH WAS TURNED ON. THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FIXED TODAY.*AK *NM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER MUST TURN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AND OFF MANY TIMES TO ACTIVATE THEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, AND RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER INDICATED WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT RECALLED. *AK

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED ONLY WHEN THEY FELT LIKE IT. TOOK IN TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE MODULE. COST ME $125.71.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY DURING A RAIN STORM. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS DID NOT WORK AT ALL. *NLM *SC *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND GO OFF INADVERTENTLY. ALSO, THE DOOR LATCHES DID NOT OPERATE CONSISTENTLY.*AK *JB *NM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER NEVER KNOWS WHEN THE WIPERS WOULD AND WOULDN'T WORK. SHE NOTED THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK WINTERS. *PH *JB

THE CONSUMER VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF A RECALL. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER RECALL BECAUSE THE VEHICLES VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NLM

RECENT RECALL OF SOME 1994-1997 CHEVROLET ASTRO, SUV AND PICKUPS TO FIX FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE RECALL EXCLUDED 1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO, WHICH I OWN. MY WIPERS FAIL PERIODICALLY. WHEN I TURN THEM ON I HEAR THE MOTOR HUMMING BUT THE WIPERS DO NOT MOVE. I HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME YEAR ASTRO AND THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE CHEVROLET CORP. INCLUDE 1994 ASTRO IN THE RECALL. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.*AK

EVERY TIME WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON DURING RAINY/WET WEATHER, WINDSHIELD WILL FREEZE IN ONE LOCATION AND FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REOCCURRING PROBLEM, AND DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EITHER DO NOT WORK WHEN TURNED ON OR FAIL WHILE DRIVING. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL WHEN USING ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES.ENGINE MAKES LOUD RAPPING NOISES THEN RUNS VERY BAD / STALLS/ SHAKES.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THIS VAN HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY FOR OVER ONE YEAR. THEY WORK INTERMINTENLY AND QUIT WORKING WITHOUT NOTICE. YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE HOOD AND HIT THE WIPER MOTOR TO MAKE THEM WORK AGAIN, BUT THEY QUIT WORK AS THEY PLEASE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A SHORT IN THE CURCIT BOARD OF THE WIPER MOTOR, AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE WIPER MOTOR. I CHECKED WITH A LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THE PRICE OF A NEW WIPER MOTOR IS $240.00. I HEARD THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET BLAZERS AND THOUGHT THE PARTS MIGHT BE SIMILAR MY ASTRO WAS MANUFACTURED 5/94

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE MOTOR & SWITCH WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *YC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I HAVE HAD 3 CHEVROLET ASTRO VANS, THE FIRST TWO I PURCHASED NEW. THEY ARE A 1991, 1994 AND ANOTHER 1994 MODEL. I HAVE PURCHASED ALL THREE FROM BUFORD WARD CHEVROLET. ON ALL THREE UNITS I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILING. IT IS INTERMITTENT BUT HAPPENS AT THE MOST INOPORTUNE TIME. THE WIPER MOTOR EITHER FAILS TO START UP OR IT WILL QUIT WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN A RAIN. THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE MOTOR WILL START UP AGAIN. I ALSO NOTICED THAT IF I HIT THE DASH BOARD REAL HARD SOMETIMES THAT WILL GET THE MOTOR GOING AGAIN ALSO. ON THE 1ST 1994 MODEL I HAD, I FINALLY UNSCREWED THE FRONT PLASTIC COVER ON THE WIPER MOTOR WHICH COVERS THE COMPUTER CHIP. I PLACED A FAIRLY THIN PIECE OF CARDBOARD BETWEEN THE CHIP AND THE COVER KEEPING THE CHIP IN...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING AFTER BEING TURNED ON. SOMETIMES WOULD GO ON BY THEMSELVES. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY WHEN EVER ITS RAINING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. VAN NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE DEALER AND MANUFATURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK

SAMEWINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. ALSO, ABS AND AIR BAG PROBLEMS AS REPORTED BY MANY. ABS SYSTEM IS NOT SAFE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK *ET

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON UNLESS CONSUMER JIGGLES THE WIRING UNDER HOOD. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WILL BE CORRECTED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WIPERS. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON OTHER GM TRUCKS HOWEVER, THIS MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

WINSHIEL WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON. WHEN THEY DO COME ON THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD, THEN DRIVER HAS TO WORK TO GET THEM STARTED AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT BEGAN TO RAIN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE WIPERS FAIL TO WORK WHEN NEEDED. THE MOTOR OR WIRES HAVE TO BE SHAKEN TO GET WIPERS TO START TO WORK AGAIN. THE BATTERY WENT. HAD A 6 YEAR WARRANTY, BUT MANUFACTURER IS COVERING ONLY 3 YEARS & IT DOES NOT WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHICH CAUSED A PROBLEM FOR THE CONSUMER DRIVING IN THE RAIN. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHENEVER IT RAINS & THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE, THEY FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. WOULD STOP & CAUSE POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. WOULD NEED TO LIFT HOOD & HIT MOTOR TO GET WIPERS TO START UP AGAIN. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THEN START AGAIN (SIMILAR TO BLAZER 1995 RECALL).

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND THE CONSUMER CAN'T SEE WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE, AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

WHILE IN USE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS START/STOP ON THEIR OWN. QCAW

WHEN TRAVELING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, THE WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY TURN OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILTY. WHEN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE WIPERS WILL COME BACK ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *K

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN RAIN WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, THEY SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING FOR SOME REASON. THIS WOULD CAUSE DRIVER TO HAVE SUDDEN LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK