Jeep Wrangler: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 92 recall campaigns for the Jeep Wrangler, model years 1986 to 2026. NHTSA has 2,668 complaints on file for this model line. 39 of the 41 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19860
- 19875
- 19883
- 19894
- 19904
- 19916
- 19924
- 19933
- 19942
- 19951
- 19960
- 19973
- 19982
- 19991
- 20001
- 20013
- 20022
- 20030
- 20041
- 20051
- 20063
- 20078
- 20087
- 20096
- 201010
- 201110
- 20129
- 20136
- 20144
- 20153
- 20165
- 20175
- 201814
- 20199
- 202012
- 202115
- 202215
- 202314
- 202411
- 20254
- 20263
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 0 | 0% | 844,700 |
| 2025 Jeep Wrangler | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,419,989 |
| 2024 Jeep Wrangler | 11 | 0 | 0% | 1,690,270 |
| 2023 Jeep Wrangler | 14 | 0 | 0% | 1,899,950 |
| 2022 Jeep Wrangler | 15 | 0 | 0% | 1,958,028 |
| 2021 Jeep Wrangler | 15 | 0 | 0% | 1,989,106 |
| 2020 Jeep Wrangler | 12 | 0 | 0% | 939,464 |
| 2019 Jeep Wrangler | 9 | 0 | 0% | 518,065 |
| 2018 Jeep Wrangler | 14 | 0 | 0% | 5,037,054 |
| 2017 Jeep Wrangler | 5 | 0 | 0% | 246,800 |
| 2016 Jeep Wrangler | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1,616,455 |
| 2015 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,431,881 |
| 2014 Jeep Wrangler | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,442,271 |
| 2013 Jeep Wrangler | 6 | 0 | 0% | 2,253,961 |
| 2012 Jeep Wrangler | 9 | 0 | 0% | 6,913,108 |
| 2011 Jeep Wrangler | 10 | 0 | 0% | 6,762,399 |
| 2010 Jeep Wrangler | 10 | 37 | 57% | 7,180,929 |
| 2009 Jeep Wrangler | 6 | 7 | 11% | 5,663,509 |
| 2008 Jeep Wrangler | 7 | 17 | 26% | 5,425,502 |
| 2007 Jeep Wrangler | 8 | 75 | 115% | 5,842,734 |
| 2006 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 240 | 369% | 307,224 |
| 2005 Jeep Wrangler | 1 | 212 | 326% | 256,409 |
| 2004 Jeep Wrangler | 1 | 104 | 160% | 96 |
| 2003 Jeep Wrangler | 0 | 69 | 106% | |
| 2002 Jeep Wrangler | 2 | 59 | 91% | 1,210,322 |
| 2001 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 93 | 143% | 2,422,078 |
| 2000 Jeep Wrangler | 1 | 173 | 266% | 1,115,322 |
| 1999 Jeep Wrangler | 1 | 185 | 284% | 1,989 |
| 1998 Jeep Wrangler | 2 | 226 | 347% | 11,327 |
| 1997 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 369 | 567% | 127,300 |
| 1996 Jeep Wrangler NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1995 Jeep Wrangler | 1 | 194 | 298% | 316,148 |
| 1994 Jeep Wrangler | 2 | 144 | 221% | 546,148 |
| 1993 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 102 | 157% | 646,148 |
| 1992 Jeep Wrangler | 4 | 68 | 104% | 926,148 |
| 1991 Jeep Wrangler | 6 | 73 | 112% | 1,222,317 |
| 1990 Jeep Wrangler | 4 | 73 | 112% | 1,119,517 |
| 1989 Jeep Wrangler | 4 | 60 | 92% | 521,075 |
| 1988 Jeep Wrangler | 3 | 50 | 77% | 585,000 |
| 1987 Jeep Wrangler | 5 | 36 | 55% | 592,329 |
| 1986 Jeep Wrangler NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
3,424 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 156.8 | 537 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 139.9 | 479 |
| Power Train | 120 | 411 |
| Electrical System | 75.9 | 260 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 62.8 | 215 |
| Seat Belts | 56.4 | 193 |
| Steering | 49.9 | 171 |
| Air Bags | 46.4 | 159 |
| Suspension | 44.4 | 152 |
| Parking Brake | 42.1 | 144 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Grand Cherokee128 campaigns
- Cherokee93 campaigns
- Liberty30 campaigns
- Commander13 campaigns
- Laredo0 campaigns
- Wrangler 4-DR 4X41 campaign
- Wrangler 2-DR 4X40 campaigns
- Commander 4X40 campaigns
- Commander 4X20 campaigns
- Wagoneer49 campaigns
- Compass27 campaigns
- Comanche11 campaigns
- Patriot 4X41 campaign
- Grand Wagoneer25 campaigns
- Wrangler Sahara0 campaigns
- Compass 4X41 campaign
- CJ710 campaigns
- Patriot10 campaigns
- CJ512 campaigns
- Gladiator21 campaigns
- Grand Cherokee L14 campaigns
- Renegade13 campaigns
- Grand Cherokee 4XE13 campaigns
- Wrangler 4XE5 campaigns
- CJ67 campaigns
- Wagoneer S6 campaigns
- Grand Wagoneer L5 campaigns
- Truck5 campaigns
- Wagoneer L3 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Jeep Wrangler: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/jeep/wrangler/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Jeep Wrangler model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2022 with 15, 2021 with 15, 2023 with 14. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Jeep Wrangler model year has the most complaints?
- The 1997 model year, with 369 of the 2,668 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Jeep Wrangler name?
- Fuel System, Gasoline: 156.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 139.9 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 120 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Jeep Wrangler?
- 41 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.