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Jeep Wrangler 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.42 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 36 complaints filed in the first three years, of 871 ever. 95% lower bound 0.29.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.42	36
2009	0.36	30
2010	1.53	135
2011	0.78	85
2012	2.78	367
2013	1.93	287
2014	0.80	133
2015	0.46	87
2016	0.49	96
2017	0.53	102
2018	5.35	1152
2019	1.73	405
2020	1.13	243
2021	2.12	431
2022	1.15	221
2023	1.60	271

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 309 complaints

lhd	58	19%
minute chime	35	11%
shown caused	35	11%
clockspring within	35	11%
within vehicle's	35	11%
many lhd	34	11%

Electrical System 178 complaints

horn	76	43%
wipers	58	33%
tipm	41	23%
clockspring	23	13%
washer	23	13%
clock spring	21	12%

Steering 156 complaints

death wobble	59	38%
damper	19	12%
steering damper	18	12%
began shake	15	10%
called death	14	9%
started shake	13	9%

When it breaks

11% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 62,000 miles, from 724 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

8 investigations covering this model year, 3 of which list a recall campaign.

Totally Integrated Power Module Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10209503 · 10249342 · 10257621 · 10315151 · 10314366 · 10317250

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.