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Jeep Wrangler 2022

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

1.15 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 221 complaints filed in the first three years, of 407 ever. 95% lower bound 0.99.

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.

Electrical System 175 complaints

hybrid	36	21%
high voltage	19	11%
voltage battery	17	10%
experienced tool	16	9%
stellantis	15	9%
charging system	15	9%

Engine 93 complaints

hybrid	25	27%
electric	18	20%
charging	14	15%
charging system	11	12%
hybrid mode	10	11%

Steering 83 complaints

wobble	45	54%
death	44	53%
death wobble	42	51%
damper	18	22%
steering damper	14	17%

When it breaks

67% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 18,300 miles, from 51 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

4 investigations covering this model year, 3 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 17 complaints about this component over roughly 3 months before an investigation opened.

Pedestrian alert sounds

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:

11455370 · 11457504 · 11457580 · 11460309 · 11465232 · 11465657

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.