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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 0 miles
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Windshield wipers have failed several intermitant times. First time in 1998 at 70 miles per hour in a rain storm, wipers stopped, took car off cruise then the resumed. Several intermitent times afterward. Dealer wanted $400 + to "fix" moter. I was sceptical becuase this is not the only GM car I have driven with wiper trouble. Last big incident was last fall 1999 when the wipers stopped on the interstate with my pregnant wife and child in car -200 miles from home. I could not get them to resume. Checked fuse etc. Waited out storm under bridge, proceded to truck stop and bought rain-X to continue journey. When I got to destination I pulled the wiper motor and it checked out fine and the switch-ok. Intermitent troubles are hard to get fixed! I took wiper motor apart, cleaned brushes, and noticed some build-up on the communicator disc, and contacts for the parking mechanism. Cleaned this with light abrasive -reasembled and have had no problem since, although with the wiper's history I now use rain-X all the time. I am afraid to travel in snow with kids in vehicle. I would like to sell it but with the wiper system troubles, and the cooling system that keeps leaking -new radiator, water pump, and head gasket -mechanics say pink coolant is corrosive. I can't sell it to another, and I can't afford to keep throwing money at this van. Thank you.vincent walter.
- Lafayette, IN, USA
- Ambridge, PA, USA