Chevrolet Blazer vs Jeep Wrangler

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Blazer	Jeep Wrangler
Complaints on file	11,236	22,900
Model years covered	1973–2026	1986–2026
Worst model year	1996	2021
Best model year	2005	2025
Crashes reported	1,104	779
Fires reported	258	736
Injuries reported	569	477
Deaths reported	36	26
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	17.5%	8.8%

Chevrolet Blazer by year

1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 8 10 35 21 38 45 47 42 267 337 616 774 1,707 1,579 1,098 1,025 612 885 464 301 103 67 18 20 11 5 290 354 198 76 63 68 40 1

73 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 2,978 26.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,165 10.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 995 8.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 855 7.6%

Electrical System 832 7.4%

Suspension 717 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 638 5.7%

Lights 425 3.8%

Jeep Wrangler by year

1 51 55 86 105 100 100 134 184 259 2 548 401 262 311 235 139 130 281 756 852 792 1,254 496 907 682 1,287 1,045 852 683 648 422 2,636 1,083 789 1,519 650 588 1,442 117 16

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 3,528 15.4%

Electrical System 2,962 12.9%

Engine & Cooling 2,738 12.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,562 11.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,244 9.8%

Suspension 1,593 7.0%

Airbags 1,481 6.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,301 5.7%