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1998 Chevrolet Suburban wipers, windshield & visibility problems

54 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 1998 Chevrolet Suburban, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
54 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 1998 Chevrolet Suburban Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 21% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 24 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

While driving at 40 MPH a rock came through front windshield / passenger's side and shattered glass onto passenger and a child in second raw in a css. Both parties received minor injury. Feel free to provide any further infomation concerning this matter.

November 2001 Injury

I own a 1998 chevrolet suburban. The windshield wipers work very intermittently. When on delay they sometimes delay, sometimes work on slow speed and sometimes do not work at all. There is an active recall on other chevrolet models for this exact problem but not this model and year. Chevrolet needs to fix this problem before there is a fatal or debilitating crash. Safety first! *nlm

Reported at 90,000 miles, June 2003

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