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2012 Jeep Wrangler wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 41 complaints for the 2012 Jeep Wrangler, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
41 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
38,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
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 Wrangler Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 38,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 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: 38,000 miles
Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 83% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 29 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 38,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 jeep wrangler 4x4. The contact stated that she could smell fumes entering the vehicle from the ventilation. The fumes caused the driver and any other passenger that entered the vehicle to become nauseous and endure headaches. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised that the failure was a normal characteristic for the particular model vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that the removable hard top would flex when driving at approximately 30 MPH or higher.

Reported at 77 miles, February 2012 Injury

I bought my 2012 jeep wrangler unlimited sport in november 2011. It was working just fine until the summer of 2012 when my wipers would turn on all by themselves for a few seconds, and then off again. This happened several more times during the summer. In addition, the radio would just power off. The only way it would come back on was to hit the top of the dash and it powered back on. Took it in and they flashed a module which stopped the wiper issue but not the radio problem. This was july 2012.

Reported at 11,800 miles, July 2012

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