FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Wagoneer

Owners have filed 780 complaints about the Jeep Wagoneer with NHTSA across model years 1973 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2022 Jeep Wagoneer

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

Cleanest on record

2025 Jeep Wagoneer

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Wagoneer 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
2025 A 11 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2024 C 99 4 0 28,613 Engine & Cooling
2023 C 179 8 0 34,000 Engine & Cooling
2022 F 403 19 7 32,500 Electrical System
2001 3 0 1 Engine & Cooling
2000 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
1999 2 0 0 Body & Structure
1998 3 1 0 Engine & Cooling
1997 2 2 0 Airbags
1996 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 1 1 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1993 6 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1992 1 1 0 Electrical System
1991 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1990 18 1 0 Brakes
1989 12 2 1 Brakes
1988 3 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1987 12 1 1 Engine & Cooling
1986 5 1 0 Tires
1985 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1984 3 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1983 2 0 0 Wheels
1982 1 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1979 2 0 0 Tires
1978 3 0 0 Tires
1975 1 0 0 Electrical System
1973 2 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Jeep Wagoneer

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

Electrical System 180 23.1%

Worst in 2022

Engine & Cooling 144 18.5%

Worst in 2022

Brakes 75 9.6%

Worst in 2022

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Steering 49 6.3%

Worst in 2022

Fuel & Propulsion 20 2.6%

Worst in 2022

Suspension 17 2.2%

Worst in 2022

Acceleration & Cruise Control 17 2.2%

Worst in 2023

Seats 15 1.9%

Worst in 2022

Tires 14 1.8%

Worst in 1978

Wheels 14 1.8%

Worst in 2022

Body & Structure 11 1.4%

Worst in 2022

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Wagoneer

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

Automatic Emergency Braking 32 36.8%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 12 13.8%
Tread/Belt 7 8.0%
Warnings 6 6.9%
Blind Spot Detection 6 6.9%
Body 6 6.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 5 5.7%
Engine 5 5.7%
Warnings 4 4.6%
Gasoline 4 4.6%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1995 peak 38 Aug 2026

Jeep Wagoneer 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 Wagoneer

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