2013 Jeep Wrangler Wipers & Visibility Problems

HEATER DOES NO BLOW HOT AIR ON DRIVERS SIDES VENTS. AS A RESULT, THIS CAUSED A FROSTED BLIND SPOT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF WINDOW AND DOOR GLASS. PP

WHILE DRIVING ON A COLD NIGHT WITH NO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD, MY WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY CRACKED. I HAD THE DEFROSTER ON. I'VE READ ABOUT HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR JEEPS. IT'S AN ISSUE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

DRIVER'S SIDE OF WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT DEFROST. AFTER INTERNET REVIEW, I BELIEVE MY HEATER CORE IS PARTIALLY CLOGGED WITH A SLUDGE LIKE SUBSTANCE CIRCULATING IN THE ANTI FREEZE COOLANT AND THIS ONLY ALLOWS HOT AIR TO CIRCULATE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. THE SLUDGE LIKE SUBSTANCE CLOGGING THE HEATER CORE IS BELIEVED BY SOME TO BE CAUSED BY MANUFACTURING REMNANTS STUCK IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE ISSUE ONLY BECAME APPARENT TO ME ON A LONGER THAN NORMAL COMMUTE IN COLD WEATHER. I WAS TRAVELLING ON A HIGHWAY AT NIGHT FOLLOWING A SNOWSTORM AND THE ROADS WERE POORLY PLOWED. I ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK DONE TO THIS CAR'S ENGINE OR HAD ANY DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE ANTI FREEZE HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE MANUFACTURE AND NOT YET REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. FEBRUARY 5, 2019, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AS SEVERE. I WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT FCA REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CLIMATE CONTROL ONLY FUNCTIONED FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. IMPERIAL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (10 UXBRIDGE RD, MENDON, MA) DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE WAS CLOGGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS; HOWEVER, IF THE CONTACT PAID TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AND A RECALL GOT ISSUED, THE CONTACT WOULD BE REIMBURSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

A WELL-KNOWN FAULT SINCE 2013, A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE FAULTY HEATER CORE PART #68004193A WHICH SHEDS CASTING SAND CAUSING COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF RADIATOR & OIL COOLER & ENGINE OPERATION. IN ADDITION, CAUSES CERTIFIED JEEP MECHANICS TO MIS-DIAGNOSE RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL COSTLY TIME & EXPENSE. DAMAGE DONE TO REPLACE HEATER CORE, RADIATOR, OIL COOLER AN ADDITONAL $2,382. WHILE STILL DRIVEABLE IN BELOW-FREEZING TEMPERATURES, PASSENGERS SUBJECT TO NO HEAT. *JS

NOISY LOUD DEFROST FAN MOTOR NOT MAINTAINING SPEED, MAY COME AND GO PRODUCING A NO DEFROST CONDITION AND HAMPERING ABILITY TO SEE. MAY COME AND GO, A HIGH PITCH SQEEK OR CLICKING CAN BE HEARD FROM THE FAN BEARINGS.

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I HAVE TO REPLACE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. PLEASE, THIS IS NOT OF STONES OR PEBBLES, OR CHIPS. EACH TIME THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED I EITHER HAD THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONER ON.

THUS FAR IN TWO YEARS OF SERVICE MY VEHICLE HAS HAD FOUR WINDSHIELDS REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS. CRACKS WERE FROM STONES THROWN FROM OTHER VEHICLES WHILE JEEP WAS BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER JEEP OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. AN INSTALLER FROM SAFELIGHT AUTO GLASS TOLD ME THE WINDSHIELDS ARE BEING MADE MUCH LIGHTER TO HELP REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE SO MANY WINDSHIELDS BREAKING THE LAST I HEARD THERE WERE 4000 OEM ON BACK ORDER. THE ONLY CHOICE IS TO GET A NON OEM INSTALLED TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD. NEVER IN OVER 50 YEARS OF DRIVING HAVE I HAD FOUR WINDSHIELDS BROKEN FROM STONES. PROBLEM IS COSTING INSURANCE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUAL'S A LOT OF MONEY.

THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED FEBRUARY 23, 2015 AROUND 9AM . IT WAS SNOWING THAT DAY AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 20'S. I WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD THE DEFROSTER/HEATER TURNED UP ALL THE WAY. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER OF SITTING, I HEARD A POPPING NOISE. ABOUT A FEW SECONDS LATER OF HEARING THIS POPPING NOISE I SLOWLY SEE A CRACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD JUST OVER 16 INCHES BUT NO MORE THAN 2 FEET LONG. I RECENTLY JUST MOVED FROM SAN DIEGO AND MY JEEP HAS NEVER SEEN SNOW OR HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE COLD WEATHER BEFORE. I WENT ON WRANGLERFORUM.COM (JEEP ENTHUSIAST WEBSITE) AND THAT IS WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT I WASN'T ALONE. MORE JEEPS HAD THEIR WINDSHIELD CRACK DURING THE WINTER DUE TO THEM TURNING THE DEFROSTER/HEATER ABRUPTLY. I THINK THERE IS A DEFECT ON THE WINDSHIELD OR THE INSULATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. CHRYSLER/JEEP HAD DECLINED THE WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY CLAIM ITS FROM AN EXTERNAL FACTOR. AND I ASSURE YOU, I DON'T HAVE A CHIP ON MY WINDSHIELD. *TR

EXTREME TEMPS WARMING THE JEEP UP AND TURNED ON THE DEFROST. THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN A CIRCLE TYPE PATTERN THEN MULTIPLE LONG CRACKS ALONG THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE GLASS. VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OFF THE LOT AND NO ROCK CHIPS IN THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING FROM OLYMPIA WA. TO MARYSVILLE WA. I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE DEFROSTER AND MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THERE IS A SMALL ROCK IMPACT TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THERE. THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO SELL ME A $650.00 OR MORE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD WHICH WILL NOT CRACK AND THE CHRYSLER CORP WILL NOT RETURN E-MAILS OR ASSIST OVER THE PHONE. I BELIEVE THEY ARE USING SUBSTANDARD WINDSHIELDS WHICH WILL CRACK UPON FIRST IMPACT WHERE OTHER VEHICLES WILL NOT. IT POSES AS A SAFETY ISSUE LIMITING VISIBILITY DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO RUN MY DEFROSTER. WHEN THE DEFROSTER IS RUN THE CRACK EXPANDS. BEING IN THE MILITARY I PERSONALLY CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE MY WINDSHIELD EVERY TIME SOMETHING BOUNCES OFF OF IT. *TR

SITTING IN VEHICLE AND HEARD A LOUD POP FROM FRONT WINDSHIELD. NOTICED A CRACK NEAR BOTTOM OF FRONT WINDSHIELD WHICH CONTINUED TO GROW IN LENGTH. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND NOT MOVING AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE. HEAT WAS ON IN THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE COMMENTS IN FORUMS REGARDING THE SAME SITUATION. *TR

DRIVING IN THE COLD & SNOW AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES. ROADS WERE SNOW COVERED WE WERE THE ONLY ONES ON THE ROAD...HEARD A POP AND NOTICED BOTTOM CENTER A CRACK DEVELOP AND WITHIN A COUPLE MINUTES WE HEARD ANOTHER POP AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED BILATERAL X2. *TR

MYSTERIOUS CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD ABOUT 2.5" FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND THEN SPREAD ABOUT 2.5" TO THE RIGHT AND CONTINUES TO SPREAD. NO POINT OF IMPACT NOTED. *TR

3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY BRAND NEW JEEP I RECEIVED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH CITY DRIVING. I THINK IT WAS A SMALL STONE BY THE SOUND OF IMPACT. ONE MONTH AFTER THAT MY JEEP BEING 4 MONTHS OLD, I RECEIVED ANOTHER CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD WHILE FREEWAY DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH, AGAIN I THINK A SMALL STONE HIT THE WINDSHIELD BY THE SOUND OF IMPACT. A MONTH LATER AND 5 MONTHS OLD I RECEIVED ANOTHER CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD WHILE CITY DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH, AGAIN I THINK A SMALL STONE HIT THE WINDSHIELD BY THE SOUND OF IMPACT. MY JEEP MILEAGE ON THE FINAL CRACK AT 5 MONTHS WAS 8,400 MILES. I HAVE ONLY HEARD 3 STONES HIT MY WINDSHIELD, WITH EACH IMPACT MY WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. THESE CRACKS ARE SEVERE WITH MINIMAL IMPACT AND OBSTRUCT VISIBILITY. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS ISSUE WITH THE QUALITY OF THE GLASS/WINDSHIELD IN MY JEEP. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES WITHOUT RECEIVING ONE CRACKED WINDSHIELD UNDER THE EXACT DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER AN AVERAGE 5 YEAR VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. I CANNOT AFFORD OR BE EXPECTED TO REPLACE A WINDSHIELD EVERY MONTH AND THEREFORE THIS ISSUE IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR