1997 CHEVROLET S10 Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET S-10. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITION WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER) YET, THE CONTACTS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED ALL DIFFERENT SETTING BUT WIPER DID NOT WORK SO I PARKED THE VEHICLE. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED AND THEY HAD STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I FOUND A RECALL NOTICE (03V159000) WHILE RESEARCHING WHAT MIGHT CAUSE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM, BUT WHEN I CONTACTED A DEALER THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY RECORD OF THE RECALL. I ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET (800 222-1020) ON JUNE 10TH 2010, BUT THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL IN EFFECT? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET S10. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL # (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). HE WAS ADVISED THAT BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL, HE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR A FREE REMEDY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET S10. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHUT OFF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY FAILED TO RETURN TO THE CORRECT POSITION ON THE WINDSHIELD. SHORTLY AFTER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED AGAIN AND WOULD SPORADICALLY CHANGE SPEED. THE NEXT TIME THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE WIPERS, THEY WERE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS NOTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,400. UPDATED 07/29/08. *LJ UPDATED 08/05/08

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET S10. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE WIPER SWITCH WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 260,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. THE CONTACT FOUND RECALL 03V159000, CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WASHER ONLINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND DETERMINED THE NHTSA RECALL # 03V159000 CONCERNING THE VISIBILITY WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER WAS EXPIRED.

DT: 1997 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES DO NOT WORK. ALSO, THEY A WILL STICK. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THIS HAPPENED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE ON MARCH 23, 2005. THE CONTACT THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER SO THEY LET IT GO. THE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY DID NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD PAY TO FIX IT.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. ON ONE OCCASION THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK. ON 3 OTHER OCCASIONS THE WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN ON AND STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE TRUCK DID NOT IMMEDIATELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. MOST OF THE TIME THE WIPERS FUNCTION NORMALLY. *JB

WINSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNTIONED AT RANDOM TIMES. THERE IS A RECALL WHERE GM BULLETIN # 03023 DATED MAY 2003 LISTS ALL 1997 S10 PICKUPS INVOLVED, YET WHEN I CALLED , THEY SAID MY VIN # [XXX] IS NOT INCLUDED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED AND KEEP THE RECORDS IN CASE IT IS RECALLED LATER.*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAULTY WIPER SYSTEM WHICH WAS RECALLED. *NM RECALL#03V159000. *JB

ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1997 S10 PICKUP BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTION (THERE HAVE BEEN 4 INSTANCES OF THIS SO FAR). IN MY ENSUING INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM, I LEARNED THAT THERE IS A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ON 9-8-2004 I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SOUTHVIEW CHEVROLET IN INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN TO GET THE WIPER MODULE REPLACED. AFTER ENTERING THE VIN NUMBER INTO THEIR COMPUTER, THEY TOLD ME MY S10 WASN'T ELLIGIBLE TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AT NO COST TO ME. EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THEIR DOCUMENTS STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR BEGINNING OF PRODUCTION TO END OF PRODUCTION, THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL EXPIRED 2-29-2004. I THEN CALLED CHEVROLET'S 800-222-1020 NUMBER AND ASKED 2 PEOPLE WHY I WASN'T NOTIFIED OF A RECALL, AND HOW CAN A RECALL EXPIRE. I WAS ISSUED A SERVICE REQUEST # 1-257047512, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT...

VEHICLE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS DON'T WORK AT ALL. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD MORE THAN 70,000MI THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE OWNER.ACCORDING TO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN #03023 THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE SERVICED DESPITE THE AGE OR MILAGE OF THE VEHICLE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

WHILE DRIVING, IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THIS VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL, BUT THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL. *JB THE DEALER LATER CONTACTED THE CONSUMER AND INFORMED HIM THAT IS VEHICLE WAS PART OF THE RECALL. *NM

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK AT FIRST THEY WOULD STOP OPERATING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. THEN THEY STARTED NOT TO OPERATE AT ALL. CONSUMER HAD TO RUN OFF THE ROAD TWICE. *PH

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED.*JB

1997, S-10 CHEVROLET PICKUP VIN [XXX]. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND CHEVY DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT, DESPITE A VEHICLE RECALL FOR THE IN CANADA, FOR THE SAME DEFECT. ALSO THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS FAILED (A KNOWN FAILURE ITEM) AND AGAIN CHEVY DENIES THE DEFECT. SEE THE AUDI RECALL FOR THE SAME FAILURE. TS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT OPERATE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. I KNOW THAT THE CHEVY S-10 IN MODEL YEARS 1995 AND 1996 HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE "DELAY BOARD" REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. SINCE I HAD THE PART REPLACED IN AUGUST, 2002 I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THE WIPERS. I BELIEVE THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED ON THE 1997 MODEL CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP. MR

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES STAY ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT COME ON. WHEN THEY STAY ON THEY INTERMITTENTLY WORK. MR

WIPERS WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE THEN STOP. WHEN ITS RAINING, THEY DONT WANT TO GO ON. IF THEY DO GO ON THEY USUSALLY STOP HALFWAY THROUGH CYCLE. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHEILD WHIPER SHUT OFF WHILE IN USE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CONTACTED DEALER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK WHEN NEEDED (DRIVING IN THE RAIN). FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WIPERS FAIL TO WORK MORE OFTEN RECENTLY. WHEN WIPERS FAIL TO WORK I HAVE TO ATTEMPT TO PULL OVER AND ASSIST THE WIPERS TO GET THEM GOING. SOMETIMES THIS INVOLVES OPENING THE HOOD AND TAPPING ON THE WIPER MOTOR, OTHER TIMES I GENTLY ASSIST THE WIPER ARM. WHEN APPROACHING SUDDEN DOWN POURS THIS PROBLEM COULD INCREASE THE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. I NOTICED THAT THEIR IS A RECALL FOR EARLIER MODELS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 98V150001) WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS I AM SEEING. PLEASE ADVISE.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON SOMETIMES. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR STOP DURING OPERATION.*AK THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT, 98V150. *JG

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE IN USE OR WILL NOT TURN ON. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE MOTOR RUNS WHEN THE WIPERS TURN ON BUT THE WIPERS DO NOT MOVE DUE TO WIPER DELAY MODULE FAILURE. *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY, PART WAS REPLACED BY CONSUMER. AT THIS TIME PART IS FAILING AGAIN.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED APPROX. $1000.00 TO REPAIR . ALTERNATOR WENT OUT APPROX. $175.00 TO REPLACE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK 25% OF THE TIME.. MANY TIMES WHEN IT IS RAINING. NOT REPAIRED. CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. NOT REPAIRED. BACKUP LIGHTS(BULBS AND FUSES GOOD) NOT WORKING. NOT REPAIRED. WE CAN ONLY AFFORD TO REPAIR THE ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE REPAIRED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MORE INTERMITTENT THAN THEY SHOULD BE. MOST OF THE TIME DON'T WORK AT ALL, HOWEVER IF YOU KEEP TRYING TO TURN THEM ON, MAYBE THEY'LL WORK 7 MAYBE THEY WON'T. CAN'T DEPEND ON THE WIPER OPERATION. CHECKED DEALER FOR RECALL AND NONE FOR THIS MODEL. WHY NOT?*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER STATESHE CONTACTED THREE DEALERS FOR THE PART, TWO OF THEM STATED THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ODER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT BECUASE HIS VEHICLE WAS BILT AT A CERTAIN PLANT, THERE IS NO RECALL, HOWEVER THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THE PART BUT VEHICLE HAD TO BUILT AT A CERTAIN PLANT IN ODER FOR RECALL TO APPLY TO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

AIRBAG MODULE FLASHED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TURNING VEHICLE ON. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHERS. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING A SEVERE HARD RAIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WHEN OPERATED FOR A WHILE THEN THEY RESTART. SOMETIMES DURING RAIN I HAVE TO PULL OVER UNTIL IT RESTARTS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE