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Problems with 2013 Jeep Wrangler ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

On average, the 2013 Jeep Wrangler starts to “feel” problems with the ELECTRICAL SYSTEM and its various aspects after 48 780 miles.

Components Affected by ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Issues

We have classified the 75 complaints from 2013 Jeep Wrangler about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM into the following categories.

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Recently reported ELECTRICAL SYSTEM problems on 2013 Jeep Wrangler

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.

Changed spark plugs on jeep, when done turned it on. vehicle stayed running for 5 secs and shut off. did that 3 times, then never turned back on. lights, locks, and alarm worked fine. vehicle would not start at all. put in a new battery and wouldn't turn on. left sitting for a day. checked it again the next day, battery was hot and cables were melting on it. towed it to the repair shop. said it was tipm . ordered a new one. and jeep still will not turn on. jeep has been at a repair shop for 3 months with no solutions yet. bill is racking up just trying to get it running.repair shop has checked everything and still having problems with tipm.

The tips module failed have only one headlight been stopped by policemen for unsafe vehicle. must be replaced cost for part is 1;400.00 dollars not including labor.have been told by dealer that this is common failure part many people complained that the have to pay for a part that controls all the electrical for the vehicle. this is a safety issue. jeep should recall this for repairs. very sad people have to pay for this jeep should be held accountable. thank you.

Starting issues: the ignition will not start the engine, no lights come on, the battery is connected fine and i had it checked (good). this has happened four times since april, and today is the most recent. my jeep has been parked in my garage since thursday evening and it would not start today (6/30/19).

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 jeep wrangler. while parking the vehicle, the contact removed the key from the ignition, but the vehicle kept running. the contact disconnected the cables from the battery to finally stop the engine from running. the vehicle was reconnected to the battery and the contact drove home. when the contact attempted to park the vehicle, the failure recurred; however, the vehicle kept running even with the cables unhooked. the contact had to pull fuse numbers 10 and 12 before the vehicle finally shut off. all american chrysler jeep dodge ram fiat of san angelo (4310 sherwood way, san angelo, tx 76901, (866) 575-2743) stated that the failure may be due to the ignition switch. the dealer stated that there were no recalls for the ignition switch and advised the contact to bring in the vehicle. an independent mechanic was contacted and suggested to bring a new ignition switch in; however, the failure recurred. the contact researched the failure online and found that the failure was occurring on numerous occasions. the failure mileage was 96,100. *bf *as

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.

Unable to get a recall repaired (p61) because of the fraudulent actions of california superstores valencia chrysler jeep dodge ram in valencia, california (661) 379-7709. dealer falsely submitted that the recall was completed in 2015 thus removing my vehicle from further safety notifications regarding this recall. vehicle has never been to california which the chrysler jeep corporation should be able to verify using the onstar system installed on the vehicle. all of this was discovered while trying to get the takata recall completed on vehicle.

Horn does not work and steering column controls are not functioning. unsure if airbag works.

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.

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.

Steering wheel controls stopped working which also included the ability to use the horn. the air bag light also came on making the air bag system non operating. is not a fuse issue. something is faulty within the steering system and clock spring. was driving down the road and the air bag light came on without any form of collision taking place. tried using horn to see if it worked and no sound. tried using radio controls none work. tried using cruise control nothing worked. i have turned the jeep steering wheel every way and nothing works. turned it off and on still nothing working. disconnected battery and then connected it back up. still not working. checked all fuses by dealer no issues. factory equipment no modifications made still not working. unsafe environment made by this malfunction within jeep wrangler.

Traction control and check engine light illuminated not allowing me to accelerate. this jeep has been in the shop about 30 times and the problem is still not resolved, they are telling me that i need a new wiring harness and that they will not cover it because the warranty is expired this has been ongoing since 19000 miles. also water in the passenger side floor board from heater core. seat belt broke in half and

Driving on highway and the engine shut off for no apparent reason. when the engine is off there is a loss of power steering etc. this has happened several times. starting at about 32,000 miles. the dealership has tried to fix it but the vehicle still has this problem.

A ticking noise. valves ticking. i was told.that there is a recall on this with jeep.wranglers.

Numerous events of sudden stalling of vehicle at high speed in drive, at low speed in drive and reverse; creating a very dangerous situation involving near-miss rear end collisions. can take up to 15 minutes to restart engine. engine sometimes appears to restart with a ticking sound, has no power and automatic transmission can't be shifted into drive or reverse. other times, engine starts and transmission can be shifted into drive or reverse, but gears do not engage. numerous events, as common as stalling events, involving sudden and sometimes violent shocks to the drivetrain, which happen at all speeds, usually when accelerating. everyone knows this is a tipm issue, with serious safety implications related to the potential for high speed rear end collisions by following vehicles, that chrysler and the nhtsa have not taken adequate action to remedy except on limited affected vehicle types. substantial information exists on this known issue, including information and documentation submitted to chrysler and nhtsa. this particular vehicle was purchased new, started to exhibit this series of problems at the beginning of 2018 after 60,000+ miles, and has been back and forth to the dealer multiple times. there are no recorded error codes according to ...