Toyota Tacoma 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	Toyota Tacoma	Jeep Wrangler
Complaints on file	10,773	23,013
Model years covered	1995–2026	1986–2026
Worst model year	2007	2021
Best model year	2026	2025
Crashes reported	930	779
Fires reported	133	741
Injuries reported	447	477
Deaths reported	23	26
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	14.2%	8.8%

Toyota Tacoma by year

214 321 148 358 303 274 504 443 479 545 871 977 676 558 613 348 231 407 170 134 143 417 320 282 311 126 118 79 76 194 122 11

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

Body & Structure 2,229 20.7%

Suspension 1,580 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 952 8.8%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 782 7.3%

Other & Unspecified 722 6.7%

Brakes 675 6.3%

Engine & Cooling 604 5.6%

Airbags 563 5.2%

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%