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1997 Chevrolet Tahoe wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 52 complaints for the 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
52 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 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, 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 24% 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 miles1
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 21 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Windshield wipers would only work intermittently. Manufacturer / dealer are notified and nothing could be done at this time.

August 1998

Tried searching on this website about the recall number but have no clue to what a odi number may be for my truck. I have a 97 tahoe ls 2wd and basically my wipers stopped working ever since it hit 88,000 miles. Sometimes they work, but now they don't at all. I contacted chevy / GM and they told me my truck's VIN did not match the recall order. B/s because my brother in law has the same exact year yukon and his wipers also stopped working all of a sudden.

Reported at 96,000 miles, June 2005

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