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2012 Chevrolet Cruze wipers, windshield & visibility problems

43 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
43 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
72,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2012 Chevrolet Cruze Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 72,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 72,000 miles
Based on 39 complaints that include mileage. 41% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 39 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 41% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Backing out of a parking spot in a non-regulated privately owned parking area vision is impaired and anyone moving in any direction toward you cannot be seen or noticed until impact.

Reported at 52,000 miles, November 2018 Crash

I believe the GM recall 25302 on chevrolet equinox vehicles should be expanded to include the cruze model. I own each of these models and have not had an issue yet on the equinox, but the cruze had to have wiper ball joint replacement that is explained in this existing recall. Please consider expanding this recall to include all modules of chevrolet that utilize this same wiper ball joint because this design fault exists on the cruze model as well.

Reported at 126,989 miles, January 2017

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