2010 Jeep Liberty: windshield wiper failure

7 of the 197 complaints about the 2010 Jeep Liberty describe windshield wiper failure.

owner complaints: 7
of this car's complaints: 4%
typical mileage: 66,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Windshield wiper failure by model year

2012
15
2011
2
2010
7
2009
3
2008
59
2007
1
2006
4
2005
3
2004
3
2003
2
2002
11

What owners say

Filed Feb 21, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 81,000 miles · PA · fire

Daughter pulled out of driveway turned left onto street and immediately heard a loud noise and observed the entire dashboard instrumentation panel light up. Wipers came on, doors locked, engine cut off, alarm went off, wiper fluid started spraying and smoke started pouring from under the hood. Fortunately she was able to unlock the doors and get out of the vehicle. Electrical wiring was still smoking 45 minutes after the power finally drained from the battery. Tow truck refused to move the vehicle until a mechanic came to disconnect the battery. Local shop said all the electrical circuitry was burned up or compromised, including the wiring harnesses, ground wires, fused box, tipm, etc. Took vehicle to dealership where it was pronounced unfixable. Insurance company will not cover since fire damage was confined to electrical circuits and jeep chrysler sent an investigator to inspect the damage and compensation was denied.

Filed Jan 19, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 50,000 miles · CO

This electrical problem showed up in the middle of driving down the road. The entire car shut down going 40 MPH. Lights flashed, wipers went off, horn too, all for 10 seconds, while cruising with now power/gas. Then the car started again on its own, and kept driving. Ever since, the electrical system is screwed up. Wipers will run, but do not push fluid. Car doors will not lock/unlock with keyfob or driver's side controls. Must manually lock/unlock all doors. The tailgate cannot unlock, therefore will not open. Fan doesn't work, so no A/C or heat. Mechanic said the tipm must be replaced, and it is not covered by jeep/chrysler warranty. $1300 out of pocket! This is ridiculous, it is obviously a manufacturer defect.

Filed Jan 7, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 128,000 miles · AL

Tipms is bad. While going down highway the horn started blowing non stop the windshield wipers and fluid began to go extremely fast, the car stalled out when I tried to turn it off but horn windshield etc continue to go after car was off and keys out. The locks and security no longer work, the AC/heat no longer works.

Filed Oct 31, 2015 · Electrical · 66,000 miles · TX

Driver's door lock quit working, now when you put on wipers the control panel goes black or constantly flickers. Also, after filling gas tank gauge showed empty until more gas was put in. Had incident where alarm went off while I was in church. Everything except filling gas tank and alarm was while car was in motion.

Filed Oct 7, 2015 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · NJ

Have a bad tipm. Doors and windshield wipers were not functioning properly. Brought to dealer and they made worse now windows are stuck open. They told me bad tipm and the part is on back order for an unknown amount of time

Filed Jun 22, 2015 · Visibility · 120,000 miles · TX

First incident was in november to where my headlights quit working. I switched out the dual switch but that did not help and then tried cleaning and switching the relays around in the tipm and that helped somewhat. Now I have a whole set of problems. My wipers will not shut off and headlights will not shut off unless I turn car off, and my blinkers are not working at all. I had to pull the fuse for the wipers but cannot find the fuse for the blinkers because it is part of the tipm as well as the headlights. I am worried that with these little issues coming up that eventually bigger ones will happen if the tipm is the problem and chrysler knows about this, why isn't there a recall. I do not see why I should dish out all this money to repair something that is a defect.

Filed Nov 17, 2014 · Electrical · 29,000 miles · IA

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jeep liberty. When the vehicle was initially started, the windshield wipers activated, the fuel gauge displayed as empty, the radio would not activate, and the rpms decreased. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the totally integrated power module failed. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000.