1997 GMC Sierra wipers, windshield & visibility problems

24 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 1997 GMC Sierra, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 24 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 85,000 miles 11 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

Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

View the numbers

Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	0
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	0
60k to 80k miles	3
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 11 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 0% were reported before 60,000 miles.

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

What owners wrote

The windshield appears to have bubbles between the glass and air is moving inside the glass, the bubbles inside the windshield are getting bigger. Nlm

February 2001

Power steering goes out occasionally. This has been noted many times on the nhsta web site as well as other consumer compliant web sites explaining the same problem. There needs to be a recall on this vehicle series. The windshield wipers were intermittent.

Reported at 73,202 miles, May 2004

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