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GMC wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Across all GMC models in NHTSA's complaint database, 3,246 complaints involve wipers, windshield & visibility. The Sierra accounts for the largest share (16%). The single worst model year is the 1995 Sierra with 147 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
3,246 about wipers, windshield & visibility, all GMC models
Most affected
Sierra 16% of these complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 1,339 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
30 and 52

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which GMC models

ModelComplaintsShare
Sierra52716%
Terrain50516%
Jimmy33310%
Sonoma2407%
Envoy2137%
Sierra 15002076%
Suburban2036%
Yukon1786%
Safari1755%
Acadia1294%

Worst model years for wipers, windshield & visibility

  1. 1995 GMC Sierra147 complaints
  2. 2015 GMC Terrain121 complaints
  3. 1994 GMC Sierra118 complaints
  4. 1998 GMC Jimmy89 complaints
  5. 2014 GMC Terrain89 complaints

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year

GMC wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by model year 0 225 450 1990: 5 '90 1991: 7 1992: 41 1993: 74 '93 1994: 371 1995: 408 1996: 315 '96 1997: 200 1998: 262 1999: 53 '99 2000: 73 2001: 32 2002: 82 '02 2003: 108 2004: 76 2005: 56 '05 2006: 64 2007: 98 2008: 46 '08 2009: 11 2010: 68 2011: 55 '11 2012: 103 2013: 60 2014: 120 '14 2015: 183 2016: 75 2017: 31 '17 2018: 22 2019: 17 2020: 25 '20 2021: 20 2022: 16 2023: 30 '23 2024: 21 2025: 13 2026: 5 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19905
19917
199241
199374
1994371
1995408
1996315
1997200
1998262
199953
200073
200132
200282
2003108
200476
200556
200664
200798
200846
200911
201068
201155
2012103
201360
2014120
2015183
201675
201731
201822
201917
202025
202120
202216
202330
202421
202513
20265

Among the 1,339 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.