1998 Chevrolet Truck M/L Van

WITHIN WARRANTY, THE DELCO BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL LEAKED ACID, EATING BATTERY CABLES (+) AND SPILLING ONTO FRAME. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH A NEW DELCO BATTERY, REPLACED/REPAIRED CABLES, CLEANED, REPAIRED AND PAINTED THE FRAME AREA.*AK RECENTLY THE NEW BATTERY STARTED LEAKING AT THE POSITIVE POLE AGAIN, DESTROYING THE CABLE LUGS AND SPILLING ONTO THE BATTERY HOLDER. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR AND STATED THAT THE DELCO SIDE POST BATTERIES FREQUENTLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL STOP IN TRAFFIC AND DAMAGE TO CABLES REQUIRE EXPENSIVE REPAIR OUT OF WARRANTY. THE DELCO PROBLEM IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR EVENT, BUT SHOULD BE TREATED AS A BATTERY DEFECT AND REPLACED. MY VEHICLE IS A 1998 CHEV. 2500 SILVERADO 4X DRIVE EXT. CAB.

1998 CHEVROLET S10 VIN#[XXX] PICKUP. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY OR MAY NOT COME, WHEN THEY COME THEY MAY JUST STAY UP AND NOT MOVE AGAIN THEN YOU CAN'T TURN THEM OFF. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED THE PICKUP. I HAVE CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 7-5-04 THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE A RECALL THAT ONLY COVERS MODELS FROM 1994 TO 1997 . THE DESCRIPTION IN THE RECALL IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE RECALL ONLY GOES TO 1994-1997, I KNOW THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I WAS IN A DOWN POUR ON INTERSTATE 40 AT 65 MILES AND TURNED ON MY WIPERS THEY CAME UP AND DIDN'T MOVE AGAIN.I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE IN A BAD WRECK WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES IN THAT RAIN. I KNOW THAT THIS PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE BOARD ON THE WIPER MOTOR GMC CORP. SHOULD BE ORDERED TO RECALL 1998 MODELS FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK UPDATED 07/25/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THEY SIMPLY DO NOT OPERATE WHEN IT RAINS, WHICH HAS BECOME QUITE A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY DURING SUDDEN RAIN, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC!*AK WHILE I HAVE INCURRED NO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS FAILURE, I'VE HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC, DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, AS I COULD NOT SEE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE SAFELY.

ON MY WAY BACK FROM A TRIP TOWING MY HORSE TRAILER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEGINNING TO GET A LITTLE SOFT. WHEN I GOT INTO MY DRIVEWAY THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. SINCE I WAS TRAVELING VERY SLOWLY I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING. MY HUSBAND AND I INSPECTED THE TRUCK AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRAME RAIL IN FRONT OF THE LEFT REAR WHEEL. WE ARE HAVING THE LEAKING CORRODED METAL BRAKE LINE REPLACED AT THIS TIME. WE ASKED THE MECHANIC TO SAVE THE PART. *JB

DRIVING ON THE ROAD, APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS LONG. STOPPED VEHICLE, CHECKED BRAKE RESERVOIR. FLUID WAS DOWN. WENT AROUND VEHICLE AND FOUND BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM FRAME RAIL FORWARD OF LEFT REAR WHEEL. PROBLEM WAS BROKEN CORRODED METAL BRAKE LINE. I HAD IT REPLACED. I DID NOT RETAIN THE OLD PART. *JB

WE OWN A 1998 S10,CHEVROLET PICKUP. SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS QUIT WHILE DRIVING. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THEY WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY INTERMITTENT! I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER BUT THEY SAID IT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL FOR A WINDSHEILD WIPER PROBLEM AND WOULD COST ROUGHLY $400 DOLARRS TO REPLACE THE PULSE MODULE. I UNDERSTAND THAT GM IN CANADA RECALLED SEVERAL VEHICLES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. ALSO I UNDERSTAND THAT SEVERAL OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK IN THE US HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY QUESTION? IS GM RESPONSIBLE AND HAS THIS BEEN BEEN DONE TO ALERT GM?*AK

REPEATED DIESEL INJECTION PUMP FAILURES. TWICE WITHIN 40,000 MILES. PART IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY GENERAL MOTORS AS BEING DEFECTIVE BUT REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED DIFFERENTLY IN SECOND INSTANCE OF REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED THAT FUEL SYSTEM FLUSH AND LIFT PUMP REPLACEMENT WERE MANDATORY REPAIRS TO FACILITATE WARRANTY REPAIRS ON DIESEL INJECTION PUMP. THE FUEL SYSTEM FLUSH AND LIFT PUMP REPLACEMENT WERE NOT PERFORMED IN FIRST REPAIR AND CONCLUSION IS THAT THIS NEGLECT CREATED SECOND PUMP FAILURE. GM HAS REFUSED TO REFUND $1100.00 REPAIR COST. *LA