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1999 Chevrolet Tahoe wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 39 complaints for the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
39 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
83,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 3
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 Tahoe Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 83,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 83,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 23% 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 miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 26 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 82,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While driving at 40 MPH, the consumer smelled smoke and noticed smoke was coming from the left door the panel,the consumer pulled over and heavy smoke entered the vehicle. As a result, the door panel melted. The consumer indicated there was a recall regarding the same problem, NHTSA recall 03v093000, pickup trucks may develop a short circuit in the electric outside rearview mirror switch. Please provide further information.

Reported at 70,000 miles, January 2004 FireInjury

When driving in the rain windshield wipers failed and resulted in poor visibility. The consumer had too off to the side of the road. Consumer contacted the dealership. The dealer replaced the wiper module.

Reported at 72,000 miles, January 2004

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