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Recall Query RQ99-003: WINDSHIELD WIPER

  • Closed

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation opened Recall Query RQ99-003 on March 8, 1999 and closed it on May 31, 2002, the day it opened Engineering Analysis EA02-006, whose summary cites it. NHTSA's investigations file lists the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari for it.

Updated daily from NHTSA's investigations file

Key facts

NHTSA number
RQ99-003 (also written RQ99003)
Investigation type
Recall Query An investigation into whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or whether its remedy works, run much like a Preliminary Evaluation.
Status
Closed May 31, 2002
Opened
Closed
Vehicle or equipment manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
Visibility — Windshield Wiper/Washer
Vehicles and equipment
Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari

A recall appears here only when NHTSA's investigations file links one to the investigation; NHTSA's summary or record can name others.

Vehicles and equipment listed for this investigation

NHTSA's investigations file lists these vehicles and equipment for Recall Query RQ99-003. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to that page's NHTSA investigations section.

Chevrolet

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GMC

All GMC recalls

What an NHTSA investigation is

NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) looks into possible safety defects in vehicles and equipment, often after owner complaints. An investigation usually starts as a Preliminary Evaluation, or as a Recall Query when it concerns whether an existing recall covers the right vehicles or fixes the problem, and ODI can upgrade it to a more detailed Engineering Analysis. A Defect Petition asks NHTSA to open an investigation, and Audit and Equipment Queries are administrative investigations into whether companies complied with federal vehicle safety requirements, such as reporting, recall and certification rules.

An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

To see whether a specific vehicle has an open recall, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Free VIN check: decode a VIN to see its year, make and model.

Sources

NHTSA's investigation record for RQ99-003

Investigation details come from NHTSA's investigations file, which try.vin imports once a day. The investigation types are described from the U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's May 2023 report on NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA's petition rules (49 CFR Parts 552 and 557) and NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation procedures. How try.vin reads NHTSA investigations.