1998 Chevrolet Blazer

WE OWN (MY WIFE) A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO QUIT FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. WE WERE RECENTLY TRAVELING WEST ON I-70 JUST PAST THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL IN COLORADO IN A RAGING DOWNPOUR, AND THEY QUIT AGAIN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I'VE READ ON THE WEB THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR PULSE MODULE FOR MANY YEARS' BLAZER MODELS, BUT NOT THE '98 OR '99, WHICH ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON THE WEB. I BELIEVE THE 1998 MODEL BLAZER PULSE MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED ALSO. CAN'T YOU COMPEL GM TO RECALL THIS ALSO? I'VE READ NUMEROUS STORIES ON THE WEB OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE. *NM

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. CONSUMER OWNED A 1998, CHEVROLET BLAZER AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED SPORADICALLY, SOME TIMES THEY WONT WORK FOR DAYS. HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A FEW YEARS. TRIED TO GET DEALER TO FIX PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BUT, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR YEAR AND MODELS BEFORE AND AFTER HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. BUT FOR SOME REASON HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL OR THEY WILL STOP ABRUPTLY. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1996 AND 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER, BUT NOT THE 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS IN THE FUTURE A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED. *AK MAY 2005 THE WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAIN STORM RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD WERE REPLACED. *TT

FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE WORKED INTERMITTENLY DURING RAINY OR WET CONDITIONS. THIS HAS CAUSED ME A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN AND FRUSTRATION SINCE IT HAS AT TIMES BEEN SO DIFFICULT TO SEE WHILE ON THE ROAD DURING A RAIN THAT I'VE HAD TO PULL OVER FOR SAFETY SAKE. THESE ARE THE SAME CONDITIONS DESCRIBED BY THE RECALL OF THE '95 CHEVY BLAZER THAT I READ. MINE IS A '98 CHEVY BLAZER. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER I'VE TAKEN THIS IN TO FOR POSSIBLE RECALL, THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL. EXPECTING FOR A RECALL ON THIS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, I'VE STILL NOT HAD IT REPAIRED.

WHILE DRIVING TO TENN. FOR AN IMPORTANT EVENT, IN THE RAIN- OUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT AND WILL ONLY WORK ON AND OFF. THEY WOULD JUST STOP IN THE VERTICLE POSTION BLOCKING MY HUSBANDS VIEW AND WE WOULD HAVE TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PUSH THEM DOWN IN THE RAIN. THEY STILL WORK PART TIME. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND THIS IS THE RAINY SEASON. I HAVE ALMOOST BENN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS. BEING MY ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE A CHANCE. I CHECKED ON THE VIN NUMBER WITH NO LUCK ON A RECALL. I CALLED GM THEY SUGGESTED I GET AN ANALYSIS.

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AND THE CONSUMER COULD STILL HEAR THE CLICKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE HEATER WAS LEAKING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WERE INOPERATIVE, THE REAR END HAD GONE OUT AND THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. A NEW SWITCH WAS PLACED ONTO THE TRANSFER CASE AND THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. *SC *JB