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Jeep Wrangler 2014

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

0.80 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 133 complaints filed in the first three years, of 657 ever. 95% lower bound 0.67.

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.

Engine 322 complaints

housing	144	45%
cooler	130	40%
oil filter	126	39%
oil cooler	102	32%
filter housing	86	27%
cooler housing	35	11%

Power Train 88 complaints

housing	34	38%
filter	30	34%
oil filter	28	32%
oil cooler	19	22%
filter housing	17	19%
cooler housing	11	13%

Electrical System 82 complaints

abs	18	22%
tipm	15	18%
horn	12	15%
traction	11	14%

When it breaks

28% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 50,000 miles, from 469 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

4 investigations covering this model year, 2 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:

10552954 · 10554854 · 10557929 · 10557943 · 10560816 · 10561708

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.