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2003 Jeep Liberty wipers, windshield & visibility problems

97 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2003 Jeep Liberty, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
97 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 73 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, 2003 Jeep Liberty Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 12 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 73 complaints that include mileage. 36% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles12
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 73 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 jeep liberty. The contact stated that over a span of seven years, each of the windows failed and dropped down into the door panel abnormally. The failure occurred while the contact was driving and while the vehicle was parked. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times and an independent mechanic to be repaired for a total of five times. The contact was informed that a plastic part within the window mechanism had melted, causing the glass to drop down into the door panel.

June 2003 Fire

Jeep liberty 2003. Rear windows up/down mechanic breaks... Poor construction.. It breaks and the window fall down, leaving it open and with kids on the back sit are instantly exposed with the risk of putting parts of their bodies to the outside of the car. There are thousands of jeep users complaining on the internet... Jeep has not step up to recall those defectives rear windows.

Reported at 78,000 miles, June 2011

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