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2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 32 complaints for the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 1% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
32 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 19 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 jeep grand cherokee. While driving at 65 MPH, the front passenger side visor behind the headliner caught fire. The contact stated that the passenger side column, the visor, and the headliner with various wires had to be ripped off to stop the fire. The contact extinguished the fire. The contact was injured, but medical attention was not required. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000.

Reported at 54,000 miles, July 2015 FireInjury

Hello, my dashboard continues to warp and I'm concerned this is causing impairment of my defrost and possibly my airbag. As you can see this is an ongoing problem with jeep according to numerous threads on jeep forums. Also, a news story is provided here: [link removed]

Reported at 68,000 miles, September 2017

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