Jeep Wrangler vs Ford Focus

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	Jeep Wrangler	Ford Focus
Complaints on file	23,013	29,823
Model years covered	1986–2026	1999–2018
Worst model year	2021	2000
Best model year	2025	1999
Crashes reported	779	1,631
Fires reported	741	424
Injuries reported	477	979
Deaths reported	26	54
Most complained-about part	Steering	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	10.4%

Jeep Wrangler by year

1 51 55 86 105 100 100 134 184 259 2 548 401 262 311 235 139 130 281 757 852 793 1,254 501 907 682 1,289 1,046 857 693 654 423 2,646 1,092 800 1,529 657 594 1,465 121 17

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 3,542 15.4%

Electrical System 2,994 13.0%

Engine & Cooling 2,753 12.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,567 11.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,253 9.8%

Suspension 1,599 6.9%

Airbags 1,484 6.4%

Other & Unspecified 1,307 5.7%

Ford Focus by year

15 5,152 2,361 1,198 1,224 499 600 270 524 336 323 409 157 4,986 2,924 3,633 1,331 1,571 1,187 1,123

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 6,871 23.0%

Electrical System 4,477 15.0%

Engine & Cooling 3,630 12.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 2,729 9.2%

Steering 2,111 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,539 5.2%

Brakes 1,204 4.0%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,082 3.6%