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Jeep Wrangler 2013

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.93 per 1,000

1.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 287 complaints filed in the first three years, of 654 ever. 95% lower bound 1.71.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.42	36
2009	0.36	30
2010	1.53	135
2011	0.78	85
2012	2.78	367
2013	1.93	287
2014	0.80	133
2015	0.46	87
2016	0.49	96
2017	0.53	102
2018	5.35	1152
2019	1.73	405
2020	1.13	243
2021	2.12	431
2022	1.15	221
2023	1.60	271

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 230 complaints

train steering	108	47%
tube	43	19%
transmission oil	41	18%
cooler tube	39	17%
oil cooler	38	17%
steering parts	26	11%

Steering 167 complaints

train steering	97	58%
campaign power	97	58%
power train	97	58%
train	97	58%
tube	20	12%
reasonable repair	20	12%

Engine 140 complaints

oil cooler	15	11%
cooler	15	11%
housing	14	10%

When it breaks

36% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 50,000 miles, from 365 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign.

Totally Integrated Power Module Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10492069 · 10510405 · 10510883 · 10511030 · 10513094 · 10513096

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.