2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Visibility/Wiper Problems
- 7
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Visibility/Wiper
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that there was an abnormal odor in the rear of the vehicle and the rear driver's side window exploded. There were no injuries. The contact researched the failure online and found that a faulty defrost fuse could be the cause of the failure. The vehicle was taken to northland chevrolet ([redacted], superior, wi 54880, [redacted]) to be…
ODI 11269402
Visibility/Wiper
While driving, i had the rear defroster on. I smelled burning plastic, so i rolled-down my windows to vent the fumes. About 2 minutes after i rolled them back up i heard a loud 'bang' and saw that my rear windshield, on the passenger side, had completely shattered, with a fist-sized hole right in the middle of it.
ODI 11207431
Visibility/Wiper
Rear window shattered unexpectedly. Rear defogger enabled. Noted a burning smell in rear of truck when it happened. Truck has rear power slide window. Driver side panel was the piece that shattered. Truck was parked but had been running for a few minutes. Temperature in mid 20s
ODI 11183951
Electrical System · Service Brakes · Visibility/Wiper
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle began to hesitate when the brake pedal was depressed. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to st clair chevrolet buick gmc (located at [redacted], china township, mi 48054, [redacted]), but they were unable to duplicate the failure. The failure continued. The contact had both rearview mirrors and…
ODI 11278531
Body · Visibility/Wiper
We are an automobile service center. Our customer dropped their vehicle off on a particularly rainy day. The inside of the glass was covered with thick condensation even though the defroster mode with a/c on was selected. On high speed, there was very little airflow from the vents. Upon lowering the driver's window, the fan speed, noise and flow all increased dramatically. An inspection behind the seats revealed…
ODI 10970431
Visibility/Wiper
The defrost function does not prevent ice bulid up on windshield and blocks driver vision. Clears passenger side windshield well enough. But with defrost fan speed at the highest level, and the heat temperature as high as i could stand it, and windshield wipers operating, was unable to prevent ice build up and blocking drivers vision. When driving at highway speeds. Never had a vehicel that had such weird ice build…
ODI 10945219
Visibility/Wiper
Windshield has what looks to be water spots on it cannot be seen when windshield is dry but when moist or raining windshield becomes almost impossible to see through i tried spot remover with no luck chevrolet refused to aknowledge this was a defect and i eventually paid to replace winshield myself even though i only had truck less than a year i recently traded the vehicle for a 2017 and it has the same issue i am…
ODI 11022585
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.
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