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RECALL CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD IN 1996 GMC SIERRA.*MR *CB

INOPERATIVE WIPERS, OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. *JB

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE WIPER CIRCUIT.*MR GMC INITIALLY DENIED REQUEST TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER THEN REPLACED THE PART HIMSELF. AFTERWARDS, HE SOUGHT REIMBURSEMENT. SINCE THE CONSUMER DIDN'T PROVIDE THE RECEIPT FOR THE REPLACED PART, GMC WOULDN'T REIMBURSE HIM THE $161.00 DOLLARS. *PH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS GET STUCK, MOVE, AND WILL STOP. THEN, THEY WILL START UP AGAIN, AND STOP. A MODULE WAS INSTALLED. CURRENTLY, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM, A BURNING SMELL, THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALL, AND THEY WON'T DO ANY OTHER REPAIRS. *AK

RECALL # 98-V-150-001, CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IN NOT INCLUDE IN RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY DURING RAIN STORMS. TS

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS START WORKING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY, AND THEN FAIL COMPLETELY.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BROKEN. DEALER WILL NOT COVER EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL. MANUFACTURER INDICATES MY VIN IS NOT COVERED. ?!@#$%!!*AK

NHTSA RECALL 98 V 150 001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING; WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING, RESULTING IN POOR VISABILITY FOR CONSUMER WHEN DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN. *AK

MY TRUCK HAS THEWINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM THAT A SAFETY RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED ON. GM CLAIMS THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS TOO HIGH AND MY TRUCK IS NOT AFFECTED EVEN THOUGH IT IS OBVIOUS TO ANYONES EYES IT IS. THE RECALL NUMBER IS 98043 OR NHTSA # 98V150001. I HAVE BEEN NOTICING MY WIPERS BEING INTERMITTENT AND CONTINUOUSLY GETTING WORSE. GM REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE. I TRIED CONTACTING ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO NO AVAIL. I MADE A CASE TO THEM TO WHICH THE CUSTOMER NO SERVICE REP TOLD ME THAT GM WOULD LOOK INTO IT IF THEY SAW ALOT OF COMPLAINTS COME IN. ITS OBVIOUS THAT THEIR RECALL DID NOT COVER ALL THE VEHICLES AFFECTED BECAUSE I HAVE THE EXACT PROBLEMS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. I AM HOPING THAT SOMEONE CAN SEE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM SHOULD STAND UP TO AND...

WINSHIELD WIPERS SUDDENLY QUIT, WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AND ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THERE WAS RECALL 98V150001 FOR SAME PROBLEM THAT CONSUMER WAS HAVING. BUT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING IN RAIN AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER/MFR'S HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SOLID STATE ELECTRONIC CARD FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ONE YEAR OLD, THE WIPERS STAYED OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL THE SOLID STATE CARD WAS TAPED ON. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY MOVE THE WIPERS TO MAKE THEM MOVE AGAIN. GM RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE ONLY BECAUSE OF VIN #. I'M EXPERIENCING ALL THE PROBLEMS THE RECALLED VEHICLES HAVE./ ON THE SECOND PROBLEM. I WAS HAVING SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY COLUMN DUE TO THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH GOING BAD. THIS SWITCH CONTROLS THE CRUISE CONTROL, TURN SIGNAL, WIPERS, HAZARD LIGHTS ETC. THE TURN SIGNAL RELAY KEPT GOING OFF , SOUNDING LIKE THE HAZARDS WERE ON ALL THE TIME. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

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

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL, HOWEVER. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CONTACTED GMC, AND GMC STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL.*AK RECALL 98043 DID NOT APPLY TO THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN, THE WIPERS FAILED WHILE RAINING WHICH PRODUCED A SAFETY HAZARD, THE DEALER REPLACED MODULE. *NLM

WINDSHEILD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY CONDITIONS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH SOLDER JOINTS AND WIPER MOTOR. *AK *JB

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

BOTH PROBLEMS OCCUR DURING WET ROAD CONDITIONS OR DURING RAIN. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILS TO OPERATE WHEN IT RAINS. ALSO, BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKS UP, SOMETIMES DURING BRAKING ON WET ROADS.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL AT VARIOUS TIMES. *YH

WHILE DRIVING WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR FAIL TO WORK AT ALL WHICH CAUSES POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, RECALL NUMBER 98V150001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043 DEALT WITH SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, GMC RECALL THE DEFECTIVE MODULE IN NEWER MODEL VEHICLES BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THE SAME MODULE IN OLDER VEHICLES, CONSUMER REPLACED THE MODULE HIMSELF AFTER A NEAR ACCIDENT. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, JUST AS STATED IN RECALL OF OTHER 1996 GMC TRUCKS, BUT MY VIN # DID NOT FALL WITHIN RECALL RANGE. PART REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. REQUEST EXPANDING RECALL TO INCLUDE MY VIN #. *AK

RECALL 98V150001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: VEHICLEWINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS REDUCING A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAINSTORM. CONSUMER WAS PULLING A HORSE TRAILOR. THEY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER COULDN'T COVER IT AFTER 50,000 MILES. CONSUMER HAD TO PICK UP THE REPAIR EXPENSES. *AK

MY PROBLEM EXISTS (EXACTLY) AS DESCRIBED IN YOUR RECALL DATABASE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 98V150001. I INSPECTED THE CIRCUIT CARD AND FOUND THE CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS AS YOU DESCRIBED. GMC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE ADVISES THAT MY VIN IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. PERHAPS THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAN GMC ADMITTED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL DURING OPERATION OR THEY WILL NOT TURN ON AT ALL, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME DEFECT.*AK

WHILE USING WINDSHELD WIPERS DURING RAIN WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE WIPER PROBLEM WAS ON RECALL (#98043) BY GMC BUT THIS VEHCILE IS NOT INCLUDED. *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH MILEAGE ON VEHICLE*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN#. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING IN RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER REPAIRED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARD. WHILE AT DEALER ANOTHER CONSUMER CAME IN WITH SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WNEH THEY ARE NEEDED DURING A RAIN STORM THE Y WILL NOT OPERATE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

A RECALL DESCRIBING THIS EXACT FAILURE AND REMEDY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EXACT SAME VEHICLE.NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER:98V15001/ WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE DEALER HAS MADE REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE IN THE FORM OF EXACTLY THE METHOD DESCRIBED IN SAID RECALL.WE PAID FOR THE REPAIR,AS WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL.IT SEEMS ODD THAT THIS ITEM WOULD FAIL(CONSIDERING THE SMALL USEAGE HERE IN CALIFORNIA)IN THE SAME WAY AS THOSE OTHER VEHICLES WHO WERE ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE.I WAS TOLD THAT THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE RECIEVED INQUIRES FROM OTHER GMC OWNERS WHO ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM.POSSIBLY THE PROBLEM IS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ACKNOWLEDGED.HAD I NOT CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT A PROBLEM EXISTED.IT WOULD BE INTERISTING TO KNOW IF OTHER CONSUMERS JUST WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR THE REPAIR AS I DID,BECAUSE...

WHILE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE THEY WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION. CONSUMER WOULD TURN THEM ON, AND THEN TURN THEM OFF TO RETURN TO MOVEMENT OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL BECAUSE OF VIN #. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER SAYS THE CIRCUIT BOARD MOTOR NEEDS REPLACING. OWNER BELIEVES THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 1998, BUT DID NOT GET IT FIXED AT THE TIME. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER'S TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V150001 GM/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING DUE TO VIN. PART WAS REPLACED BY OWNER. *AK *ML

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN SHE DRIVING HER VEHICLE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT OPERABLE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY.

WIPERS INTERMITTENT/INOPERATIVE OR AT TIMES WON'T EVEN TURN OFF FOR A TIME. THEY HAVE NEVER FAILED TO OPERATE ON HIGH SPEED UP TO NOW. EXACTLY THE SAME AS RECALL NOTICE #98VI50001. GMC CONTACTED AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS RECALL 98V150 , BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK.ET.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR UNIT, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. *MJS

WHILE IN USE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED, AFFECTING VISIBILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER REPLACE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL COME ON CONSUMER BUMPS THEM WITH HAND. SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THIE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK