# 2014 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - Broken wipers **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** jeep\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584 "2023-01-19T04:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Got2bjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@Got2bjb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Got2bjb)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/1 "2023-01-19T04:25:43Z")
Windshield wipers. One day it was icy. Thought I cleared the ice. Turned wipers on. Boom gone. Never worked since. Checked all fuses checked body grounds. Replaced windshield wiper motor, replaced switch at tree of steering wheel. Na Da! Here’s the kicker! Everything else? Works. Back windshield wiper and squirter works, front squirters work! No windshield wiper! It’s been a year! HELP! ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/2 "2023-01-19T11:59:26Z")
Just a guess, the linkage from the windshield motor to the wipers is jammed or bent. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/c/ec4d5ae1ae5abed6fc2b1901f4ac12a2c2326cd4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/3 "2023-01-19T21:47:15Z")
Does the wiper motor run when you turn it on? Not the blades, just the motor? If it does the linkage is broken. If it doesn’t run, I’d probe the connector for 12v when on and ground continuity as a first step. Post back with what you find. You have been driving a YEAR without wipers?? Not safe, not safe at all! ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/4 "2023-01-19T22:34:49Z")
You might want to check if the splines in the wiper arms got stripped out when you tried to clear the ice off the windshield. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/1/81e456e30168fab4a0eb9f2c09b194de5e7f2618.jpeg) Testet ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/5 "2023-01-19T22:40:01Z")
Good idea above to check if wiper motor is running when wipers are turned on. If so, there may be something replaceable in linkage between electric WW motor and wipers that is designed to give-way if wipers are turned on when ice-stuck to windshield. Likely places to check first are where the motor meets up with the linkage, and where the wiper-arms meet up with the linkage. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/6 "2023-01-20T20:02:43Z")
He replaced motor. Wiper is silent when turned on? Makes no noise? ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/7 "2023-01-21T00:12:44Z")
Didn’t plug the motor in? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/8 "2023-01-21T00:19:08Z")
> **[A Wide Range of Electrical Gremlins Can Be Traced to Chrysler's TIPM Problem](http://www.chryslerproblems.com/tipm/)** > > If you've heard of a TIPM, chances are you own a vehicle from Fiat-Chrysler (FCA). Think of it like a command center for all the electrical functions of your car, and in FCA's case a very, very disfunctional one. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Got2bjb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee7513/32.png) [@Got2bjb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Got2bjb)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/9 "2023-01-21T06:19:58Z")
Thanks so much for the response. Yeah checked those too! You can’t hear the motor running when set in any wiper mode. Replaced with new wiper motor and that doesn’t work as well ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-jeep-wrangler-unlimited-broken-wipers/188584/10 "2023-01-21T14:49:02Z")
Appears you have 2 non working wiper motors. Based on facts. So far.