Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jul 16, 2002AZ
WIPER MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY, A NEW WIPER MOTOR CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. *AK *NLM
1992 GMC Pickup
Routine
Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer › motor. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires › Tread/Belt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tires | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsTires
Filed Oct 16, 2000NV
TOTAL TIRE MILEAGE 32,040, TIRES PURCHASED 7-18-96, OUTSIDE TEMP APPROX. 90F, TOTAL DRIVE TIME PRIOR TO FAILURE APPROX. 1 HOUR, INFLATION OF 45PSI, TREAD SEPATATED AND TIRE DEFLATED CAUSING RAPID AND SEVERE PULL TO LEFT CAUSING VEHICLE TO ENTER MEDIAN, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF VEHICLE. (DOT NUMBER: VDW8AXC166 TIRESIZE: LT26575R16)
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Oct 10, 2000CA
PE00040, FIRESTONE, STEEL TEX R4S WITH ABOUT HALF OF TREAD LEFT, DRIVER'S FRONT TREAD WAS STARTING TO PEEL OFF WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE IS NOT WILLING TO HELP BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF RECALL. *AK CONSUMER REPLACED TWO OF THE FAULTY TIRES, THE DOT # IS VN11B1B494. *SLC
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed May 15, 2000IN
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS GONE BAD, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT TO WORK WHEN NEEDED. THERE IS A RECALL ON 1994-1996 MAKE/MODELS, BUT NOT ON THE 1992-1993. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Apr 13, 1999TN
RECALL 98V150000.001. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. DEALER AWARE AND RECALL IS ESTABLISHED. VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY TO THIS RECALL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Feb 23, 1999TX
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MODULE FAILED.
Seat Belts
Filed Sep 28, 1998TX
SEAT BELT IS SEVERELY FRAYED, DUE TO DESIGN OF THE PLASTIC GUARD WHICH FRAYS MATERIAL.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jun 9, 1997TX
BRAKES PULL TO THE RIGHT AND DO NOT STOP VEHICLE.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys
Filed Dec 4, 1996IL
SERPENTINE BELT CRACKED AND REPLACED.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 12, 1996ME
INTERMITTENT STALLING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING/BRAKES. *SD
10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.