FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Gladiator

Owners have filed 1,395 complaints about the Jeep Gladiator with NHTSA across model years 2020 to 2026. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2020 Jeep Gladiator

633 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2023 Jeep Gladiator

77 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Gladiator year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 3 0 2 Engine & Cooling
2025 C 26 4 0 Electrical System
2024 C 32 0 6 Electrical System
2023 B 77 0 4 38,000 Electrical System
2022 D 172 5 25 16,700 Steering
2021 D 452 15 3 18,625 Steering
2020 D 633 16 12 3,574 Electrical System

What breaks on a Jeep Gladiator

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 327 23.4%

Worst in 2020

Electrical System 287 20.6%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2021

Engine & Cooling 133 9.5%

Worst in 2021

Suspension 105 7.5%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2021

Brakes 48 3.4%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2020

Lights 34 2.4%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2020

Airbags 16 1.1%

Worst in 2021

Wheels 15 1.1%

Worst in 2021

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Gladiator

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Instrument Cluster/Panel 15 25.9%
Body 11 19.0%
Warnings 9 15.5%
Adaptive Cruise Control 8 13.8%
Blind Spot Detection 4 6.9%
Automatic Emergency Braking 3 5.2%
Rearview System Braking 2 3.4%
Warnings 2 3.4%
SUN Visor 2 3.4%
Speedometer/Odometer 2 3.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jeep Gladiator, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2019 peak 64 Aug 2026

Jeep Gladiator problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Jeep Gladiator

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.