IllustrationWINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES THEY QUIT IN MIDDLE OF OPERATION, SOMETIMES THEY WON'T RUN, AND SOMETIMES THEY RUN REAL FAST AND CANNOT BE SHUT OFF. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
1992 Chevrolet Silverado
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1992 Chevrolet Silverado do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 76.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 5 of 40 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Visibility. Review the 13 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 7 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 5 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
1 crash reports3 fire reports0 injury reports
Visibility complaints
13 reportsWHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN & WOULD HAVE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON, THEY WOULD STOP WORKING FOR NO REASON. HAS TO STOP VEHICLE & GET OUT & HIT THE MOTOR UNDER THE HOOD TO GET THE WIPERS TO WORK AGAIN. HAD THE WIPER MOTOR REPLACED TWICE & STILL PROBLEM EXISTS. THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON THE THIRD REPLACEMENT. *AK
SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK, SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT, AND SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK *ML
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.