1994 GMC SIERRA Visibilitywindshield Wiperwasher Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE OWNER WHO STATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO THE WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10433666 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 125,000. UPDATED 11/29/11 *CN UPDATED 12/12/11

I AM EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH MY WIPERS NOT WORKING ON A 1994 GMC SIERRA PICKUP. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED THE ROAD CONDITIONS ARE WET AND WITHOUT THE AID OF THE WIPERS WORKING PROPERLY VISIBILITY IS NEAR ZERO. THIS CREATES A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. NO WARNING SIGNALS ARE GIVEN WHEN THE WIPERS WILL OR WILL NOT WORK. MOST RECENTLY I CALLED A GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT WITH THE AGE OF THE TRUCK THIS PROBLEM WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR. THIS LEFT ME THE FEELING THAT THEY (GENERAL MOTORS) WERE NOT CONCERNED WITH THE ISSUE. AT THIS POINT THE CONDITION STILL EXISTS. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 98V150001, REGARDING THE VISIBILITY WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 6/19/2006 - *NM

CONSUMER 1994 SIERRA 1500 WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS ON AND OFF. *TS THE STARTER WAS ALSO REPLACED. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE RAIN AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER NHTSA RECALL 98V150001. *AK THE CONSUMER WOULD FIRMLY HIT THE WIPER MOTOR WITH HIS HAND 2 OR 3 TIMES. THEY WOULD START THEN STOP DURING THE RAIN. *SC *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT STOP. SOMETIMES THEY STOP MID-WIPE. SOMETIMES THEY CHANGE SPEEDS WITHOUT MY CHANGING THE SETTINGS. CALLED GMC WHEN I DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM, BUT THEY CLAIM THAT MY VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER A RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER HE NEVER RECEIVED IT. *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING (INTERMITTENT PROBLEM) OR WILL NOT STOP ONCE STARTED. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GMC REGARDING A SAFETY RECALL FOR 1994 PICKUP TRUCKS, BUT WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER I WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL DID NOT APPLY TO MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER -- EVEN THOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IN THE SAFETY RECALL. THE RECALL IS COVERD BY GMC TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 03023 AND REFERS TO PROBLEMS WITH SOLDER JOINTS ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL CIRCUIT BOARD. I CONTACTED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT THE RECALL APPLIED TO MY MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE BUT THAT MY SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL WAS CONFIRMED. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THE RECALL SHOULD COVER ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THE IDENTIFIED DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED, BUT THE MOTOR CONTINUED. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *JB

HAVE HAD RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS/WASHER FLUID NOT WORKING DURING CRITICAL TIMES OF NEED (I.E. TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS, SNOW, ETC.). FINALLY FOUND THAT 1994 GMC TRUCKS WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF FAULTY WORKMANSHIP IN THE WIPER MOTOR, BUT MY TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED 20,000 MODELS TOO SOON. THIS DEFECT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE A SEVERE ACCIDENT DURING A RECENT STORM. NOW, WE HAVE A HURRICANE COMING AND CAN'T EVEN GET A DEALER TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM........AGGRAVATING! *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK *JB

WINDSHIELD EITHER FAILS TO OPERATE OR WILL STOP WHILE TURNED ON. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS PASSING A SEMI IN A LIGHT RAIN. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN & GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE RAIN STOPPED. *AK THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN THE NHTSA RECALL NO. 03V151/GM RECALL NO. 03025. MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN DEC. OF 1993, SO HASN'T BEEN INCLUDED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE USING THE VEHICLE IF THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN DUE TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED IN 1991 & AT FIRST WAS SO INTERMITTENT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. FINALLY I DETERMINED THAT IT MUST BE WHAT THE RECALL WAS FOR. PLEASE GET THE DATES CHANGED TO INCLUDE ALL 1994 GMC SIERRA 2WD PICKUPS.

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK *CB *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT A RECALL BUT STATED THE CONSUMER'S TRUCK WAS NOT ONE APART OF THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. $58.38. *AK *CB *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 150 001, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 150 001, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND HAD BECOME HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. TS THE WIPERS WOULD SOMETIME NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY OPERATE THEM. SCC

A FIRE STARTED IN THE FIREWALL NEAR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. A RECALL WAS ISSURED REGARDING THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT, BUT CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. THE WIPERS HAD BEEN OPERATING ERRADICALLY FOR AWHILE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS DEFECT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE INCIDENT. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES. CONSUMER STATES IF VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP THE WIPERS WILL START AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORK SOMETIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY OCCASIONALLY OR FAIL COMPLETELY. DANGEROUS ON FREEWAY IN THE RAIN THANKS FOR YOUR TIME RALPH SIMPSON. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK *MJ

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE TO GET OUT AND OPEN HOOD AND HIT WIPER MOTER TO RESTART WIPERS. THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND OFTEN.*AK

1994 SIERRA HAVE A RECALL ON WIPERS MINE WON'T WORK ALL THE TIME BUT THEY SAY IT'S NOT INCLUDED?*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATOR. SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBE IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V150001.

NEED NEW SET OF UNDERWEAR; WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED IN MAJOR DOWN POUR ON HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WON'T WORK SOMETIMES

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING CORRECTLY. THEY EITHER STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLEANING/WIPING PHASE OR THEY DONT COME ON AT ALL.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE IN RAIN WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOR NO REASON. STOPPED VEHICLE & JIGGLED WIRES & WIPERS STARTED UP AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR PROBLEM TO BE REPAIRED. VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, OPERATION WOULD CONTINUE. BUT, MOST OFTEN, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. BUT, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPER'S ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN RAINY CONDITIONS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES DO NOT FUNCTION AT ALL, EVEN THOUGH WIPER MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WIPER STOPPED. PUSHING WIPER ARM CAUSED IT TO START WORKING AGAIN. HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING VACATION. DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I HAD WIPER MOTOR REPLACED.

WINDSHIELD TURNED ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY, IT IS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE VIN IS NOT PART OF RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT.*AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON WHEN FISRT APPLIED. DEALER SAYS THE VEHICLE IS NOT ON RECALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING A LOSS OF VISIBILITY. THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL DUE TO VIN, ALTHOUGH IT EXPERIENCES THE SAME DEFECT. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER'S ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY . THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL, BUT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT. 98V150001. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARD AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK *ML

C1500 WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CAN NEVER TELL WHEN THEY'LL WORK, SOMETIMES QUITING WHILE ON. NOT TO CONVIENIENT/SAFE DURING A RAIN STORM IN THAT VISABILITY IS GREATLY REDUCED. DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A CLUE, CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY TURN ON AND OFF, CAUSING A LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES DON'T WORK. AFTER THE DEALER REPAIRED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START UP BECAUSE THE DRIVER SIDE BATTERY SHORTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE DIED OUT, CAUSING THE STARTER TO OVERHEAT AND BURN OUT WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIGHT SIDE PASSEGER'S BATTERY TO SHORT OUT AND THEN DIE OUT.THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY THREE MONTHS FOR REPAIR SERVICE, AND THE CONSUMER JUST GOT THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHOP. *AK OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT HIS BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. WHEN DRIVING IN DAMP OR WET WEATHER CONDITIONS THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID TO A STOP. FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 8 TIMES. RIGHT FRONT AXLE CONTINUES TO BREAK AND THE ACTUATOR...