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1999 Chevrolet Suburban wipers, windshield & visibility problems

47 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
47 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 1999 Chevrolet Suburban Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 29% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
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 80,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

1999 chevrolet suburban. As of 4/28/04 with only 47k miles, A/C compressor defective & dealer will not replace in spite of several attempts to repair before warranty expired, as soon as 3 months after purchase in october of 2002. Replaced brakes 3 times at our expense. Dealer (bob neill pontiac in winston-salem, nc refused to repair under warranty), steering problems, attempted repair, again at our expense. Replaced door locks and window mechanism's at our cost. Total piece of junk.

Reported at 25,000 miles, October 2002 Injury

The windshield wipers on my 1999 chev. Suburban fail from time to time and the windshield washer was failing from time to time, but now never works.

Reported at 70,000 miles, April 2004

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