1998 Chevrolet Blazer

AFTER PURCHASE FROM DEALER WE NOTICED THE WIPERS WOULD NOT STOP IN THE OFF POSITION BUT THEY WORKED FULL-TIME. ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO THEY PROCEEDED TO WORK INTERMITINLY AND WE COULD SOMETIMES GET THEM STARTED BY RAISING THE ARMS UP AND DOWN MANUALLY AND NOW THEY BARELY WORK AT ALL. LAST INCIDENT WE WERE IN A DOWNPOUR AND THEY WON'T COME ON AT ALL EVEN IF WE TRY MOVING THE BLADES UP AND DOWN WITH OUR HANDS.SINCE THAT TIME, ONCE AGAIN WE CAN SOMETIMES GET THEM TO MOVE. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN OUR OPINION.*AK

ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A RAINY MONDAY MORNING MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED ..I HAD NO CHOICE TO CUT OFF A COUPLE CARS TO GET TO BREAKDOWN LANE..THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES INVOVLED BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS IF THERE WAS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE..I CHECKED FUSES AND WIPER MOTOR CONNECTION THEY WERE FINE..I CALLED MY BOSS TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO BE LATE ..HE TOLD ME ABOUT A RECALL ON GM PRODUCTS AND TO SHAKE THE WIPER ARMS TO GET THEM GOING AGAIN..THEY DID START WORKING AGAIN..AFTER CHECKING WITH SEVERAL GM DEALSHIPS THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE RECALL WAS FROM 1994-1997 ON SEVERAL MAKES AND MODELS BUT MY 1998 WAS NOT INCLUDED EVEN THO THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS THAT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED IN 98'S AND ABOVE DUE TO THEY CHANGED THE PART # ON THE WIPER MOTOR..KEEP IN MIND HERE THEY CHANGED THE # NOT THE PART..?????..HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS??? I HAVE TAKEN TODAY OFF FROM WORK AT A $200.00 LOSS TO REPLACE THE PART MYSELF DUE TO I CANT AFFORD TO PAY DEALSHIP PRICES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NEVER GO TO SOMEONE LIKE GM AGAIN WHEN THEY WONT STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS ANYWAY. THANK YOU KENNETH GOUGH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLE, HOWEVER THIS YEAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 1998 BLAZER MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF A THUNDERSTORM IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. I HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THEM. BEFORE THEY STOPPED WORKING I HAD THEM ON A CONTINUOUS SETTING AND THEY WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THEY ACTED AS IF THEY WERE SET ON INTERMITTENT. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME AND I COULD SAFELY PULLOVER AND WAIT OUT THE STORM. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT OLDER MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM BUT MINE WAS NOT.*AK

10/10/2001 REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR - IT WAS OVER CHARGED AND WENT BAD! NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TOO! 12/20/2001 WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING IN HEAVY RAIN. THEN WHEN MOTOR TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN THEY WORKED, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF SINCE THAT TIME, BUT TODAY 06/26/2004 THEY JUST STOPPED ALL TOGETHER - NOTHING HELPED. HAD TO HAVE THE SAME SOLDERING REPAIR DONE AS IN THE 1995 -1997 CHEVROLET S-10 / BLAZERS - WHICH I MIGHT ADD WAS A RECALL. THE SAME PARTS ARE USED IN MOST 1998'S AS WELL. THE RECALL NEEDS TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE COMPONENTS, NOT JUST A FEW OF THEM! ALSO I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DASH PARTS BREAK LOOSE - LIKE THE HATCH DOOR RELEASE / BACK WIPER CONTROL IS JUST SITTING THERE - NOTHING HOLDING IT IN. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT RECLINER HANDLE FELL OFF - HAD IT PUT BACK ON AT DEALER - THEN IT BROKE OFF. (MAKES BEING A PASSENGER IN MY BLAZER VERY UNCOMFORTABLE) I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TOO! THE DRIVERS OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE - ONE OF THE SCREWS THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE IS NOT ABLE TO PUT BACK DUE TO PLASTIC IS STRIPPED- SO THE DOOR HANDLE WABBLES. THE HEAT FROM THE SUN HAS BOWED UP THE FRONT WINDSHEILD VENT UNTIL IT IS CRACKED AND BROKEN NOW TOO. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN CHEVROLET'S - BUT HERE LATLEY WITH ALL OF THE PLASTIC THEY ARE USING - I AM BEGINNING TO WONDER IF MY MONEY WOULDN'T BE BETTER SPENT IN ANOTHER MAKE OF VEHICLE. I LOVE THE DESIGN AND ECT. OF THE BLAZER - BUT THE PLASTIC IS NOT HOLDING UP - THIS IS SOME EXPENSIVE PLASTIC TO BE MADE SO CHEAP. IF YOU SHUT THE DOORS HARD AT ALL THE WHOLE TOP OF THE ARM REST POPS UP AND HAS TO BE POPPED BACK IN PLACE.*AK