2013 Jeep Wrangler: windshield wiper failure

Filed Nov 13, 2019 · Electrical · 26,000 miles · FL · fire

After turning off the vehicle and parking in a garage for 10 minutes the tipm started smoking, wipers and lights went on and horn started blowing and caught fire. This occured approximately 5 pm.

Filed Jun 24, 2019 · Airbags, Electrical · 92,000 miles · IA

Clockspring recall: other year models of the same generation wrangler show a clockspring recall, but my year model doesn't. My clockspring has failed now and I lost most of the steering wheel controls, including my safety horn, and if my research is correct, my driver side air bag will not deploy now if in a collision accident. When turning my windshield wipers would turn on randomly, and then when driving shortly afterwards I went to honk at animals in the road and the horn did not work. The next day I noticed that the radio and driver information center controls on the steering wheel did not work either.

Filed Mar 15, 2019 · Electrical · 53,000 miles · WI

I was getting into my vehicle and turned on the car. Immediately after I turned it on my windshield wipers began starting (with them off) and wouldn't stop. I turned my car off and they continued to keep moving. I tried to move my car into the garage and my car wouldn't come out of park. Then I started smelling a really bad smell of something burning so I called my local auto shop asap because the smell wouldn't stop and he had me disconnect the battery to shut everything off. My car had to be towed to an auto shop to get fixed. I was top the tipm module was faulty. I had to get a whole entire new module which cost 1,200$. I was told that this could have happened in the middle of me driving the car and I was lucky that it only happened when I was parked. I was also told by many other people who drive a chrysler, dodge, or jeep that this is a very common problem in older models. I feel very uneasy driving my car now.

Filed Feb 20, 2019 · Electrical, Visibility · 115,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 jeep wrangler. While driving 35 MPH in inclement weather, the windshield wipers failed to operate. The vehicle was taken to ron lewis alfa romeo / ron lewis pre-owned cranberry (located at 20839 route 19, cranberry twp, pa 16066, (724) 776-7400) where it was diagnosed that the totally integrated power module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.

Filed Oct 20, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 24,322 miles · TX

Vehicle stalls at random times but most often when putting into reverse after sitting for a while. It has stalled while driving on major roads which could have been life threatening. The transmission also shifts very jerky at times for no real reason. The windshield wipers will come on randomly and usually seem tied to turn on the turn signals which happen to be on the other control knob. Lights will dim on nav/radio when windshield wipers are turned on. I would say there is an obvious electrical/computer issue that must be causing these things to happen. I have read hundreds of similar complaints.

Filed Sep 12, 2016 · Electrical, Visibility · MI

The wipers come on intermittently with no input. Dealer would not fix because they could not recreate the issue. I believe this to be a problem with the tipm which controls many functions, including the airbag deployment. I'm concerned this malfunction is pointing to a larger underlying problem.

Filed Apr 27, 2016 · Electrical, Lights · 55,000 miles · MS

Windshield wipers do not work. Fog lights do not work. Engine light and traction control lights come on and off at random. Dealer advised tipm is bad and must be replaced. Back log on replacement part and ship date is unknown.

Filed Apr 13, 2016 · Airbags, Lights · 51,000 miles · AZ

Vehicle upon leaving a store, (just began to rain hard), the lights, wipers, cruise control, horn, and all functions on the steering wheel and left and right stalk stopped working. I assume the airbag is also not functional. No codes were registered in the vehicle for malfunction either. It has been a week and it is still not functioning. Possibly the clock spring which was recalled for 2007-2012, but 2013+ vehicles were excluded even though it is the same part used in the later model vehicles. Huge safety hazard!

Filed Mar 2, 2016 · Electrical · 22,500 miles · VA

Tipm is defective causing electrical faults in the headlights,transfer case, brakes and windshield wipers

Filed Feb 23, 2016 · Electrical · 76,000 miles · VA

Upon starting this vehicle in my driveway in preparation to go to work, the wipers came on and will not turn off, or slow down.this is a right hand drive jeep- I am a mail carrier and I have to have this to work six days a week. A week later the front power windows would not work for a period of time. The rear windows would work. Later in the day they suddenly started working again.I now have to raise the hood and pull the fuse to stop the wipers. The jeep dealership tells me I have a faulty tipm and will have to buy a new one - $1019. It has been two weeks and they still do not have this part to repair the problem. I would guess the delay is due to the high demand for replacement tipms because they continue to use the defective ones in manufacture. This jeep is only three years old, and I see that earlier years have had recalls for faulty tipms and even a lawsuit involving older models than mine.. This is obviously a problem jeep knows about and has experienced for many years without correcting it.they obviously have continued to knowingly install faulty tipms in their vehicles. They should be held accountable and not make owners pay for something that they know is faulty when they manufactured it.

Filed Jan 4, 2015 · Body, Visibility · 10,595 miles · IL

I was driving my 2013 jeep wrangler and the wiper was iced up so I turned the defroster on high and my windshield cracked. There were no vehicles on the road with me and nothing hit my windshield. The crack is about 6 inches long running laterally toward the driver side and originated right above the right defroster vent the crack has no external ridge and appears to be related to a body stress issue. The temperature was 20 degrees and the issue occurred at 3:20 pm.

Filed Jun 23, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 11,000 miles · TX

Right hand drive sport unlimited. Cruise control failed to set until after multiple attempts, cruise control disengaged, cruise control refused to disengage when applying brakes. Windshield wipers intermittently turn on by themselves. Turn signals turn on intermittently without driver input.