1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET K1500. UPON CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER TO INQUIRE ABOUT NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V159000, VISIBILITY, WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE RECALL COULD NOT BE PERFORMED ON HIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER NO LONGER HAVING RECALL DATA RECORDS. THE RECALL WAS REPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER APRIL 28, 2003. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 114,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO USE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY MOVE THE WIPERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO WORK. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER EXTENDS HALFWAY OVER THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,772 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET C1500. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. HE MISPLACED THE NOTICE, BUT WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT HIS VIN DID NOT APPLY TO ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 03/14/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT ACTIVATE OR TURN OFF.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET C1500. THE CONTACT FELT THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND GRABBED THE WIPER ARM BLADE, WHICH CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO TURN ON AND OFF. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 01-10-08. *KB UPDATED 12/31/07

THE WIPER MOTOR STOPS WITH NO WARNING AND I HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND HIT THE WIPER MOTOR TO GET IT GOING AGAIN. I CALLED GM ABOUT THIS AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY WILL ONLY FIX TRUCKS UP TO 1996. MY TRUCK IS A 1997 MODEL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET K1500. WHILE DRIVING DURING A RAINSTORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 161,000.

MY 1997 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING A MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM AND A RECALL WAS RECOMMENDED BY NHTSA. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK, DON'T WORK, OR WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHEN EVER THEY ARE TURNED ON. CHEVROLET HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL TO DATE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. ON 08/30/06, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AFTER OBSERVING THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL #03V159000, REGARDING THE VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER ON OTHER MODELS MADE BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - *NM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHER INTERMITTENTLY WOULD NOT WORK. IT STARTED OUT THE WASHER WOULDN'T ALWAYS WORK AND THEN THE WIPERS FOLLOWED SUIT. THE FIRST TIME MY WIPERS DIDN'T WORK MY VISIBILITY DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT WAS A DANGEROUS DRIVE HOME. I LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND SAW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE DID NOT GET RECALLED. OTHER MODELS IN MY YEAR WERE RECALLED AND MY MODEL IN PREVIOUS YEARS WERE RECALLED. CHEVY DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE ME $175 TO REPLACE THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD. I REMOVED THE BOARD CLEANED IT RE-SOLDERED IT AND REINSTALLED IN 30 MINUTES. EVERYTHING WORKS GREAT NOW. *JB

HAVE A 1997 CHEVY C1500 FULL SIZE TRUCK AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THEY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO AND THEY TURN OFF WHEN THEY WANT. ALMOST GOT IN TO A ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY STOPPED WITH NO WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWNPOUR. THEN THEY START BACK UP A FEW MINUTES LATER THEN REPEATED ITS SELF. NOW THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1997 TRUCKS BUT MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V159000 CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. UPDATED 05/30/06. *AK

IT WAS RAINING,I TURNED ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS,THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED WORKING,THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN. AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED I TURNED OFF THE WIPERS BUT THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF AT ALL. I HAD TO STOP MY TRUCK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR MY WIPERS TO STOP. I CHECK FOR A RECALL AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE SAME YEAR OF MY TRUCK. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID TO BRING MY VEHICLE IN. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK FOR A SERVICE RECALL,THEY CHECKED THE VIN# THEN ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY TRUCK. I SAID THERE WAS A RECALL AND I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE RECALL. THE SERVICE DEPT. SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS THEY SAID THAT MY TRUCK ALTHOUGH IT IS THE SAME...

ON OCT 6, 2005, I WAS DRIVING MY 1997 CHEVROLET K1500 EXT CAB TRUCK IN A RAIN STORM WHEN THE WIPERS JUST STOPPED. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ISSUED # 03V159000 FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM IN 2003. WHEN I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THEY REQUESTED MY VIN NUMBER AND THEN TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT EFFECTED BY THIS SAFETY RECALL. I THEN CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS NOT EFFECTED BY THIS SAFETY RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE THE SAME WIPER MOTOR PART NUMBER. THEY THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT THEY SENT OUT A BULLETIN THAT INCLUDED MY VEHICLE WHICH STATED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT IF FAILURE OCCURS BEFORE 7 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES WE WILL REPLACE IT. SINCE MY VEHICLE IS A 1997 AND IT CURRENTLY HAS 73,000 MILES ON IT AND NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A CANDIDATE FOR THIS...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING VIN [XXX], WITH 89,000 MILES 1997 CHEVY K1500 TRUCK THE PURCHASE DATE AND INCIDENT DATE ARE APPROXIMATE. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL FAILURES. THIS IS INTERMITTENT, I CHECKED THE FUSE BOX AND IT IS FINE. I HAVE READ OF THIS COMPLAINT ON SEVERAL CHEVY VEHICLES OF THE MODEL YEAR. MY VIN IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL AND IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE. *JB UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN JULY 7, 2005 WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE VEHICLE FAILED. AT FIRST THE WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL, THEN WHEN THE CONSUMER DROVE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE WIPERS CAME BACK ON. CONSUMER IS AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, HOWEVER MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000. CONSUMER HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED AT THE DEALER TODAY, JULY 8, 2005, AND PAID $161.00 . THE DEALER IS POHANKA CHEVROLET IN CHANTILLY, VA. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE A REFUND FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WANTS HER VEHICLE AND OTHERS LIKE HERS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER SAYS THAT HER HUSBAND JUST INFORMED HER THAT THIS HAPPENED TO HIM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM LISTED IN RECALL IS WHAT THEY FIXED ON HER...

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE GIVING HIM TROUBLE. HE STATED THAT SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT WORK. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT OTHER VEHICLES WERE ON RECALL, HOWEVER HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. THEY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THIS PROBLEM WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SC *JB

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK RECALL# 03V159000 WAS ISSUED BUT THE CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. WHICH AT THE TIME THE WIPERS DID NOT FAIL. THE CURRENT PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. (CK1500/MODEL) *SC *JB

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *AK

THE RADIATOR'S COOLANT SYSTEM FAILED, RESULTING IN FLUID ACCUMULATION IN THE TRANSMISSION ON TWO OCCASIONS. WAS FIXED TWICE, CAUSING A TOW BY THE DEALER ON THE SECOND TIME. THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO SHIFT HARD FROM FIRST TO SECOND, HAD ANOTHER DEALER LOOK AT IT, SAID IT WAS "JUNK." NOTIFIED GM, THEY DID NOTHING BECAUSE THE FIRST DEALER DIDN'T REPORT THE PROBLEM. HAD TO PAY FOR A TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL AT 70,000 MILES... VERY EXPENSIVE! THE FUEL INDICATOR HAS ALSO FAILED. THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DOOR HANDLES HAVE FALLEN OFF. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IS OVER THE 70,000 MILE LIMIT OF REPLACEMENT. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER. HMMM... MAYBE THE DEALER WAS RIGHT ABOUT BEING JUNK WITHOUT A WARRANTY. SO SAD THAT WE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR PRODUCTS LIKE THIS. *LA

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO SEE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN WET WEATHER, VEHICLES' WINDSHIELD WIPERS EITHER HESITATES TO WORK OR QUIT WORKING, OR DON'T WORK AT ALL. THIS RESULTS IN DRIVER HAVING POOR VISIBILITY, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE WIPER MODULE, AND ALSO THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

NHTSA NO. 98V150 COVERS TILL MAY 1996 MY TRUCK WAS MANF. AUG 1996 SAME PROBLEMS, WIPERS WILL NOT WORK INTERMITTENT AND QUIT WHILE DRIVING THE OTHER DAY @ 70 MPH IN HEAVY RAINS.

MY WIPERS WORKED FINE ON LOW IT STARTED RAINING HARD I PUT THEM ON HIGH THEY WENT 1/3 UP AND STOPPED.THIS HAPPEND GOING 75MPH IN THE DARK ON A BUSY 4 LANE THEY CAME ON ABOUT 45 SEC. LATER.I ALSO DRIVE A 97 K2500 AT WORK AND IT DID THE SAME THING THERE MUST BE MANY MORE. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE VEHICLE ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING. TSB BULLETIN 98043 DEALS WITH THIS PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN SWITCHED ON REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR MODE. THIS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, AND I AM GETTING READY TO TAKE THE TRUCK TO A TRUSTED NON-DEALER REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. IS THIS PROBLEM COMMON WITH GM PRODUCTS (ESP. CHEVY TRUCKS) OF THAT AGE? IT IS A SAFETY-RELATED ISSUE. THE DATE CITED ABOVE IS ONLY THE MOST RECENT OF SEVERAL FAILURES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH STARTED TO RAIN AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T WORK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

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

WHEN IT'S RAINING AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ON IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AHEAD. THE WIPERS ARE NOT CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD GOOD ENOUGH TO SEE OUT. DEALERR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

WIPER RESERVOIR PUNCTURED.