2016 Jeep Wrangler
This year drew an ordinary 455 complaints for a Jeep Wrangler — the model's median is 649. What they were about is the unusual part: 29.9% of them mention abs, against 9.1% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Jeep Wrangler, which began in 2007 and ran to 2017. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 455 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 649 |
| Involving a crash | 28 |
| Involving a fire | 15 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- abs — 29.9% of this year's complaints, against 9.1% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: abs, module, abs module, traction.
- warning lights — 12.3% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: warning lights, under hood, lights came, scene.
- reverse — 11.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: reverse, cold, stall, stalls.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
The ABS Traction Control Module in this year, and surrounding year, Jeep Wranglers continues to fail. Now Jeep has stated that the part is under engineering review and not available till June timeframe. Therefore, these vehicles no longer have anti lock brakes…
while driving on wet roads, the vehicle lost traction, failed to accelerate as intended, and caused the tires to spin before accelerating. While depressing the brake pedal, the wheels locked up, and the vehicle failed to come to a gradual stop. The ABS control…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V018000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V680000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V734000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V288000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V196000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Wrangler was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
Own a 2016 Jeep Wrangler? What happened to yours?
Loading comments…