Safety Score
54
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-01 | 06E011000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | 7,291 | — | Details |
| 2004-06-07 | 04E041000 |
EQUIPMENT | 80 | — | Details |
| 1998-03-12 | 98V048000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | 2,427 | — | Details |
| 1998-02-10 | 98V023000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM | 8,900 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT COME ON AND SPEEDO AND TACH STOPS WORKING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THIS IS OCCURING ON NUM… |
| 2020-01-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | JEEP WRANGLER FRAMES RUST FROM INSIDE OUT DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING IN THROUGH UPPER PART OF FRAMES WHERE THEIR ARE HOLES… |
| 2019-08-27 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | JEEP TJ FRAME SEPARATED AT THE TORSION BAR ON PASSENGER REAR WHEEL MAKING VEHICLE UNSTABLE AND UN- USABLE. |
| 2019-08-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY FRAME IS ROTTING OUT FAST AND FURIOUS, I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE SECTIONS, THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROLS ARMS HAVE … |
| 2018-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. I'VE OWNED MY JEEP FOR 15 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT. WE WERE CHANGING THE SHOCKS A FE… |
| 2018-04-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | HAD TO REPLACE THE FRAME DUE TO LEFT REAR RUSTED THROUGH THE WHOLE FRAME, JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE FRAME WAS LEFT. OT… |
| 2017-10-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAVE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FRAME RUST AND MY VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 150XXX MILES AND THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. … |
| 2017-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | "TJ WRANGLER FRAME RUST" - SEVERE RUST OCCURRED IN THE FRAME OF MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER PASS PA… |
| 2017-08-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT, CHRYSLER PUT A HOLE IN THE FRAME TO ACCESS THE REAR SWAY ARM BOLT AND WHEN THEY DID THA… |
| 2017-06-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL REPORTING THIS IN HOPES OF HAVING THE ISSUE RESOLVED BY NHTSA OR CHRYSLER... I HAVE A 1998 JEEP WRANG… |
| 2016-08-17 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELTS DO NOT GRAB WHEN PULLED RAPIDLY, MOST OF THE TIME. THE CENTRIFUGAL PAWLS SEEM TO NOT BE FREELY MOVING OUTWA… |
| 2016-03-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO DISPLAY THE SPE… |
| 2015-09-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL SPEED INCREASED AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO SHUTTING OFF SPEED CONTROL OR BY HITTING THE BRAK… |
| 2015-04-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | DUE TO EXCESSIVE ROT THAT IS COMMON ON THIS VEHICLE, WHILE TRAVELING I HIT A BUMP AND SNAPPED MY DRIVER SIDE CONTROL AR… |
| 2015-02-18 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE FRAME AROUND THE CONTROL ARMS ARE RUSTING, THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED AND THERE ARE MORE… |
| 2015-02-07 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | PURCHASED A USED 1998 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT ON DECEMBER 27 2014. HAD IT IN A SHOP FOR NEW TIRES WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE FR… |
| 2015-02-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE RUST IS SO BAD ON THE JEEPS IT'S RIDICULOUS IT'S NOT SAFE YOUR GOING TO KILL SOMEONE WHEN THERE REAR AXLE SHOOTS OU… |
| 2015-02-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE REPLACING SHOCKS I FOUND MULTIPLE ROT SPOTS IN THE FRAME OF THE JEEP. THESE ROT SPOTS WERE SO BADLY ROTTED THAT I… |
| 2014-03-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | NOTICED A NOISE WHILE DRIVING HOME THE OTHER DAY THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MY EXHAUST RATTLING AROUND, SO I GOT UNDER VE… |
| 2014-03-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AND RUNNING THE HEATER AND NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE HVAC UNIT AND SMELL SUBSI… |
| 2013-10-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | REAR DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED IN TWO AT A WELD JOINT LOCATED BETWEEN THE SHAFT MAIN TUBE BODY AND UNIVERSAL JOINT PART. THE… |
| 2013-09-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DESIGN FLAW WHICH ALLOWS WATER IN BUT NOT OUT CAUSES WATER AND DIRT TO COLLECT INSIDE OF CHASSIS FRAME, CAUSING IT TO R… |
| 2013-04-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS ROTTEN OUT, AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP TJ'S. I HAVE A HOLE ON MY TAIL SECTION OF FRAME AN… |
| 2012-11-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT MY GAUGES JUST STOP WORKING AND THEN ONE DAY I WENT TO DRIVE IT AND I HAD NO TURN SIGNAL… |
| 2012-10-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | DEATH WOBBLE, FRONT END SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT HIGHER FREEWAY SPEEDS. VERY FEARFUL TO DRIVE ON OTHER THAN STREETS. HAS… |
| 2012-09-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC FRAME IS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT, AND THE FRAME WILL FAIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I UNDERSTAND … |
| 2012-07-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | JEEP DEATH WOBBLE. SCARY! *TR |
| 2012-03-28 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RUST HAS EATEN COMPLETELY THROUGH JEEP FRAME IN REAR SUPPORT AREA THROUGH ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE DOOR SECTION. THIS IS NOT… |
| 2012-03-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | MY SON WAS KILLED WHEN THE 98 JEEP WRANGLER LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE NOTICED THA… |
| 2011-11-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 1 | PURCHASED MY JEEP NEW IN 1998 AND I ONLY DROVE IT ABOUT 5000 MILES PER YEAR..IN ABOUT 2009 I BEGAN TO HAVE SOME TROUBLE… |
| 2011-09-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I AM WRITING TODAY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. AFTER MY LAST SERVICE WAS PERFORMED, THE MECHANIC ILLUSTRA… |
| 2011-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AC CONTROLS AND RESISTOR WIRING HARNESS HAS MELTED CANT GET REPLACEMENT PARTS FROM A DEALER OR SALVAGE YARDS WHAT AM I … |
| 2011-06-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE … |
| 2011-03-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON RPM AND SPEEDOMETER GAUGES FAIL SOMETIMES ALL GAUGES FAIL.... SOMETIMES WHEN I HO… |
| 2011-02-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | LIQUID FUEL BLOWS OUT OF FUEL FILLER PIPE WHILE REFUELLING/CANNOT PROPERLY REFUEL VEHICLE. CONCERN HAPPENS EVERY TIME W… |
| 2010-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER GO DEAD, AND THE AIRBAG AND ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. SEEMS TO HAPPEN DURING… |
| 2010-05-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY JEEP SPEWS OUT GASOLINE EVERY TIME I FILL UP AT THE PUMP. THE GAS COMES FROM THE TOP OF THE GAS TANK, AND IS A VERY … |
| 2010-04-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER OVERFLOWS WHENEVER I FILL IT UP WITH GASOLINE. EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS I WASTE MY MONEY AND IS F… |
| 2009-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOES OUT - SPEEDOMETER AND TACH, OR ALL OTHER GAUGES GO OUT, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. APPEARS TO BE M… |
| 2009-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FILL UP MY TANK AND THE PUMP STOPS. I PULL OUT THE PUMP HANDLE AND FUEL COMES BACK OUT OF THE GAS TANK. I HAVE TO PAY… |
| 2009-06-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND FROM THE SIDE OF THE ENGIN… |
| 2008-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/GAUGES INTERMITTENTLY STOP FUNCTIONING WHILE DRIVING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. THERE IS NO… |
| 2007-11-01 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK IN HIGH MODE WHEN COLD. WHEN WARM, ALL MODES WORK. RECENTLY DURING A SNOW STORM THE… |
| 2007-10-18 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT IN COLDE… |
| 2007-10-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING AND THE TACHOMETER/ SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO ZERO... ALL OTHER GAUGES DISPLAY PROPERL… |
| 2007-06-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | SEVERAL TIMES THE DASH CLUSTER QUITS WORKING AND AIR BAG LIGHTS COME ON. HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAM… |
| 2006-12-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 3 CAR LENGTHS AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE ALREADY STOPPED AT THE LIGHT I BEGA… |
| 2006-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COME ON AND ALL DASH INSTRUMENTS AND GAUGES FAIL TO FUNCTION. *NM |
| 2006-03-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1998 JEEP WRANGLER EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED. CONTACTED DEALER TO CHECK ABOUT RECALL INFO AFTER REPAIR SHOP SAID THIS W… |
| 2006-03-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD CONSISTENTLY GO TO "0" WHILE DRIVING MY 1998 JEEP WRANGLER. MY SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER, BATT… |