Ford Focus 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	Ford Focus	Jeep Wrangler
Complaints on file	29,786	22,900
Model years covered	1999–2018	1986–2026
Worst model year	2000	2021
Best model year	1999	2025
Crashes reported	1,631	779
Fires reported	424	736
Injuries reported	979	477
Deaths reported	54	26
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	10.4%	8.8%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,981 2,919 3,628 1,327 1,568 1,183 1,112

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 6,857 23.0%

Electrical System 4,474 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,622 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,723 9.1%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,536 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%

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%