1998 CHEVROLET C/K PICKUPS Complaints

WIPER MOTOR: MOTOR WILL STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR WIRE TIES HOLDING WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR TIGHT AGAINST MOTOR BODY. THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX.

STEERING WHEEL POSITION SENSOR: STEERING WILL JERK WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT. WAS TOLD THAT THE SENSOR HAD A "WORN" SPOT AND THAT THE POWER STEERING BOOST WAS BEING ADDED AT PULL POWER BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DOING.

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING OIL AND COOLANT AT 54,000 MILES. WILL COST ME OVER $400.00 TO HAVE REPAIRED. I KNOW OF MANY OTHER 1998 K-1500 TRUCKS W/ VORTEC 350 WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, I WAS CAUGHT IN A HEAVY RAINSTORM, IN ADDITION TO HEAVY INTER-CITY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, ON MY WAY TO WORK, UPON TURNING ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND APPEARS TO BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. THIS PROBLEM ALSO OCCURS IN THE WASHER MODE AND APPEARS TO HAVE A NO MODE ADHERENCE. FROM MENTIONING THIS IN CONVERSATIONS, I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM IN SEVERAL OTHER YEARS SILVERADO'S. CONSEQUENTLY, GM HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM THEY ARE FAILING TO RECOGNIZE HOW MANY ACCIDENTS/DEATHS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, IN ADDITION TO INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS REGARDING OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT CREATES A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD! *AK

TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHILE LOADING FURNITURE ONTO TRUCK. DAMAGED TRUCK BED AND INJURED TWO FAMILY MEMBERS FROM THE CABLES BREAKING UPON LOADING FURNITURE INTO BED OF FAIRLY NEW TRUCK WITH ONLY 30 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. (29,995) . *AK

EVERY SO OFTEN IT FEELS AS IF SOMEONE GRABS THE STEERING WHEEL AND FOR A BREIF MOMENT IT FEELS AS IF THERE IS NO STEERING.*AK

WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING WHEN RAINING. THEY WILL RUN FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN GET STUCK . I WOULD HAVE TO PULL ON THEM TO GET THEM GOING AGAIN. I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1997 TRUCKS BUT MINE BEING A 1998 I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. CLOSE TO $ 200.00. *JB

MY 1998 TRUCK HAS HAD A SPOT IN THE STEERING THAT WHEN YOU ARE TURNING THERE IS A MOMENTARY LOST OF STEERING. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS COOLER WEATHER. THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL AT TIMES . BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS COME AND GO BUT HAVE BEEN GETTING WORST OVER THE YEARS. *JB

WHEN I BOUGHT MY 1998 CHEVY PICKUP IT HAD A PLACE IN THE STEERING WHEN I TURNED IT TO THE RIGHT IT FELT LIKE I HIT A PATCH OF ICE. IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS A DEAD SPOT. NOW IT IS GETTING WORSE. NOW WHEN I TURN TO THE LEFT IT IS STARTING TO DO THE SAME THING. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED YOUR GOING IT STILL DOES IT. *LA

WIPER'S STOP WORKING RANDOMLY. IDENTICLE PROBLEM TO RECALL NUMBER 03V159000 ON 97 TRUCKS. GM IS REFUSING TO RECTIFY PROBLEM.*AK