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1998 Chevrolet S10 wipers, windshield & visibility problems

212 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 1998 Chevrolet S10, which is 29% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
212 29% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 119 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 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, 1998 Chevrolet S10 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 39 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 24 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 23 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 119 complaints that include mileage. 48% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles39
60k to 80k miles24
80k to 100k miles23
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 119 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 48% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes.

What owners wrote

The vehicles windshield wipers stopped working, while consumer was driving at 60 MPH in a rain storm. This almost resulted in an accident, because of driver having poor visibility. The dealership is replacing the windshield wiper motor. Please provide more details. Mr

November 2002 Crash

Windshield wipers operate only sporadically. Wipers sometimes stop working during periods of rain, creating loss of visibility and potential for vehicle crash.at times wipers fail to start when turned "on." dealer mechanic says this condition is widwspread, but manufacturer has so far failed to include this model in a recall. Earlier models having the same symptoms. Manufacturer should expand recall to include later models with identical problems as those models under existing recall.

Reported at 44,000 miles, May 2003

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