Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / SILVERADO 1500 / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005029693 Incident Date: Apr, 30 2005
Consumer's City: BUNKER HILL Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SILVERADO 1500 Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GCEK14R6VZ Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 19 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 13 1997
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: when consumers vehicle gets wet the windshield wipers quit working. 1997 chevrolet k1500 pickup with 33000 miles. vehicle started experiencing this problem about six months ago with 32,000 miles on it. consumer bought vehicle on 10-14 1997, vehicle was never in a wreck, nor had any body work been done on it. consumer first noticed problem when he was washing vehicle in driveway and went to turn on the windshield wipers to find that they would not work. consumer contacted manufacturer on july 20, 2005. manufacturer stated that they could not find that this problem was covered by anything due to age of vehicle. consumer said that he had heard that this was a problem on these vehicles with windshield wipers not working due to circuit board. he heard that vehicle could be fixed for free if fitted in a certain time frame. his vehicle did not fit in this time frame because it did not show when manufacturer was fixing this problem . consumer just wanted this to be on record. he stated that manufacturer had a problem ,and he would hate for someone to loose his/her life because of it.*ak