FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Laredo

Owners have filed 790 complaints about the Jeep Laredo with NHTSA across model years 1986 to 2006. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2002 Jeep Laredo

101 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2006 Jeep Laredo

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Laredo 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
2006 A 29 2 0 70,000 Electrical System
2003 D 64 5 1 57,488 Brakes
2002 D 101 7 2 52,904 Brakes
2001 C 93 3 1 64,675 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2000 C 105 3 1 92,150 Engine & Cooling
1999 C 85 7 1 83,000 Brakes
1998 C 43 9 2 156,230 Transmission & Drivetrain
1997 C 62 5 0 123,900 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 C 71 6 0 150,235 Transmission & Drivetrain
1995 C 30 3 3 106,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 C 18 1 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 C 37 1 3 Brakes
1992 6 1 0 Electrical System
1991 12 1 1 Brakes
1990 24 0 2 Brakes
1989 5 0 1 Electrical System
1988 3 0 1 Electrical System
1986 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Jeep Laredo

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

Brakes 147 18.6%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 1996

Engine & Cooling 81 10.3%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2000

Seats 48 6.1%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 44 5.6%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1997

Lights 31 3.9%

Worst in 2000

Steering 28 3.5%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 25 3.2%

Worst in 2003

Equipment & Accessories 23 2.9%

Worst in 2003

Acceleration & Cruise Control 15 1.9%

Worst in 2003

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Laredo

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

Rotor 52 23.6%
Automatic Transmission 34 15.5%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 26 11.8%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 24 10.9%
Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch 15 6.8%
Door 15 6.8%
FAN 14 6.4%
Frontal 14 6.4%
Fan/Motor 13 5.9%
Engine 13 5.9%

Complaints filed over time

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

Feb 1995 peak 29 Apr 2019

Jeep Laredo 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 Laredo

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