2006 Jeep Wrangler — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 852 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Fuel system483 (56.7%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1997–2023.
• Steering86 (10.1%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 2011–2025.
• Suspension73 (8.6%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2010–2020.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)58 (6.8%)Official recall records for this system: 27, covering model years 2005–2023.
• Electrical system27 (3.2%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2001–2024.
• Tires & wheels27 (3.2%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2014–2026.

Other / uncategorized: 12 classifications (1.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (30,784 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: steering, electrical system and engine.
• Safety recalls (333 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and lights.
• Transport Canada recalls (215 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), air bags (restraint system) and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (10,762 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Investigations (108 records, model years 1995–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 629reports included a mileage
• 40,212average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 230 records for 1995 230
2. 1997 495 records for 1997 495
3. 1998 349 records for 1998 349
4. 1999 286 records for 1999 286
5. 2000 308 records for 2000 308
6. 2001 227 records for 2001 227
7. 2002 159 records for 2002 159
8. 2003 153 records for 2003 153
9. 2004 242 records for 2004 242
10. 2005 704 records for 2005 704
11. 2006 767 records for 2006 767
12. 2007 681 records for 2007 681
13. 2008 989 records for 2008 989
14. 2009 475 records for 2009 475
15. 2010 819 records for 2010 819
16. 2011 664 records for 2011 664
17. 2012 1,096 records for 2012 1,096
18. 2013 899 records for 2013 899
19. 2014 877 records for 2014 877
20. 2015 700 records for 2015 700
21. 2016 664 records for 2016 664
22. 2017 463 records for 2017 463
23. 2018 2,554 records for 2018 2,554
24. 2019 1,583 records for 2019 1,583
25. 2020 1,645 records for 2020 1,645
26. 2021 2,001 records for 2021 2,001
27. 2022 1,069 records for 2022 1,069
28. 2023 893 records for 2023 893
29. 2024 1,400 records for 2024 1,400
30. 2025 373 records for 2025 373
31. 2026 155 records for 2026 155

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 7mention a crash
• 7mention a fire
• 24mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 31
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 730

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0407 in 1 record
• P0457 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.