Model Year Index

Jeep Wrangler

10,729 complaints across 12 scored model years and 61 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Wrangler Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2021 vs model median 3.1×
Model median3× median
Electrical 233
Steering 211
Engine 177
Avoid

2018 · 2021

Best

2011 · 2017

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.94× 372 C
2011
0.67× 249 C
2012
1.76× 813 F
2013
1.42× 624 D
2014
0.84× 324 C
2015
0.80× 254 C
2016
0.87× 294 C
2017
0.69× 230 C
2018
3.98× 1,936 F
2019
1.67× 778 D
2020
1.06× 469 D
2021
3.07× 1,245 F
2022 P
1.66× 641 F
2023 P
1.52× 587 D
2024 P
5.19× 1,785 F
2025 P
0.42× 128 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20.5
City / Highway19.5 / 23.5
Engine2.8L, 5 cyl
Drive4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,025

Recalls

61 campaigns on record, 6 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2018 4,815,661
16V352000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2012 4,648,270
19V018000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2016 1,413,222
26V363000 Park it STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP 2021–2025 1,076,999
16V290000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 388,532
18V021000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2013 328,177
25V741000 Park it ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY 2020–2025 320,068
20V191000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019, 2020 319,610

+ 53 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Wrangler
Complaints in window
1,245
Severity-weighted
1,795.5
Model median (weighted)
585
vs model median
3.07×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
21
Open investigations
3
Score 0 F