FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

Owners have filed 1,812 complaints about the Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2009. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

831 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly fuel & propulsion.

Cleanest on record

2009 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

220 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 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
2009 B 220 2 5 41,000 Airbags
2008 C 831 8 39 51,560 Fuel & Propulsion
2007 C 761 14 15 36,000 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

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

Fuel & Propulsion 471 26.0%

Worst in 2007

Electrical System 226 12.5%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 208 11.5%

Worst in 2008

Steering 200 11.0%

Worst in 2008

Suspension 179 9.9%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 130 7.2%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Brakes 46 2.5%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2007

Wheels 27 1.5%

Worst in 2008

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

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

Front 53 32.7%
Engine 25 15.4%
Body 19 11.7%
Automatic Transmission 18 11.1%
Manual Transmission 17 10.5%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 7 4.3%
Gasoline 6 3.7%
Ignition 6 3.7%
Frontal 6 3.7%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 5 3.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2007 peak 67 Dec 2020

Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 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 Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

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