2015 Jeep WRANGLER

Problems, Recalls & Reliability Report

Avoid This Year

Quick Summary

The 2015 Jeep WRANGLER has 658 owner complaints filed with NHTSA — that's 8.2x the segment average of 80. The most common issue is engine problems (19% of all complaints), specifically: check engine light flashes when going uphill. dealer claims to be unable to read the code if engine light does not stay on. has been in for service 4 times for same issue. once, dealer replaced a single engine coil after reading a p300 misfire code. engine loses power and freeway speed becomes impos. ⚠️ 40 fire reports filed.

40 fire reports 18 crash reports 13 injuries

658

Total Complaints

Recalls Issued

—/5

Safety Stars

8.2x

vs Segment Avg

Known Problems

ENGINE

127 complaints

19%

• CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES WHEN GOING UPHILL. DEALER CLAIMS TO BE UNABLE TO READ THE CODE IF ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE. ONCE, DEALER REPLACED A SINGLE ENGINE COIL AFTER READING A P300 MISFIRE CODE. ENGINE LOSES POWER AND FREEWAY SPEED BECOMES IMPOS
• VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW ON APRIL 16, 2015. MY WIFE DROVE 8 MILES TO SCHOOL AND THEN 6 MILES TO HER AUNT'S HOUSE. WHEN SHE PARKED SHE NOTICED CAR WAS SMOKING AND THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE SECONDS LATER. FIRE CONSUMED THE FRONT END OF JEEP BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD GET HERE. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE
• 6-SPEED MANUAL: WHILE STOPPED AT LIGHTS, CROSSING INTERSECTIONS, AND NORMAL DRIVING ON ROADS, DAY/NIGHT AND WARM/COLD, ENGINE STOPS FOR 2-10 SECONDS. IT HAS STOPPED WHEN PASSING OTHER VEHICLES REQUIRING FULL BREAK APPLICATION TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IN INTERSECTIONS AND WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS PUSHED

Typical onset: 50K miles Est. repair: $500🔥 16 fire reports💥 1 crashes

“CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES WHEN GOING UPHILL. DEALER CLAIMS TO BE UNABLE TO READ THE CODE IF ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE. ONCE, DEALER REPLACED A SINGLE ENGINE COIL AFTER READING A P300 MISFIRE CODE. ENGINE LOSES POWER AND FREEWAY SPEED BECOMES IMPOS”

— NHTSA complaint filing

BRAKES

112 complaints

17%

• AS I WAS DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR, THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR LIGHT WITH THE SWERVING LINES BEHIND IT ON THE DASH, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH, FINALLY GOT IT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, RESTARTED IT AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL LIT UP AND BRAKES STILL LOCKED UP, HAVE TO C
• 2015 JEEP WRANGLER, IN MOTION, TRAVELING STRAIGHT, ON HIGHWAY (ROADS WERE WET FROM RECENT RAIN) & APPROACHING TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT MAJOR INTERSECTION. SIGNAL CHANGED FROM GREEN TO YELLOW. I PUSHED THE THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND, THE JEEP DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THE JEEP CO
• WHEN THE VEHICLE IS UNDER ACCELERATION THE BRAKES WILL LOCK-UP CAUSING AN ABRUPT STOP. THE VEHICLE THEN HAS NO ACCELERATION POWER AT THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED WITH NO INPUT FROM THE DRIVER. BASICALLY THE ABS IS ENGAGING BRAKES WITHOUT PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT IS LIKELY AND HIGHLY P

Typical onset: 50K miles Est. repair: $500🔥 2 fire reports💥 3 crashes

“AS I WAS DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR, THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR LIGHT WITH THE SWERVING LINES BEHIND IT ON THE DASH, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH, FINALLY GOT IT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, RESTARTED IT AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL LIT UP AND BRAKES STILL LOCKED UP, HAVE TO C”

— NHTSA complaint filing

ELECTRICAL

74 complaints

11%

• DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AROUND 2PM. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A SOLID HOUR ON THE SAME HIGHWAY WHEN MY JEEP SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE GAS PEDAL PROCEEDED TO THE FLOOR EVEN WHILE I TAPPED AND PRESSED PUMPING MY BRAKES. I RECALL AN INITIAL ODD FEELING UNDERFOOT PRIOR TO THE CLIMBING ACCELERATION.
• I BOUGHT THE JEEP APRIL 4, 2015. ON JULY 19, 2015 I PARKED MY CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY AND 3 HOURS LATER AT 5:30 MY DOG WORK ME UP AND I LOOK OUTSIDE AND THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE JEEP WAS IN FLAMES. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE OUT BUT IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.
• ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT ON A THURSDAY MORNING I WAS AWOKE BY THE SOUND OF MY DOG BARKING AND MY SISTER WALKING INTO MY ROOM TELLING ME THERE WAS A LARGE GLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER WALKING OUTSIDE, WE FOUND MY BRAND NEW 2015 WRANGLER ON FIRE WITH VERY LARGE FLAMES ERUPTING FROM THE HOOD. WE

Typical onset: 50K miles Est. repair: $500🔥 10 fire reports💥 1 crashes

“DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AROUND 2PM. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A SOLID HOUR ON THE SAME HIGHWAY WHEN MY JEEP SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE GAS PEDAL PROCEEDED TO THE FLOOR EVEN WHILE I TAPPED AND PRESSED PUMPING MY BRAKES. I RECALL AN INITIAL ODD FEELING UNDERFOOT PRIOR TO THE CLIMBING ACCELERATION.”

— NHTSA complaint filing

AIR BAGS

71 complaints

11%

• VEHICLE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN JEEP WRANGLER DURING A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY (BOTH VEHICLES IN MOTION) WHICH RESULTED IN FRONT END IMPACT AND JEEP TIPPING OVER TO REST ON PASSENGER SIDE.
• WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON A CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY, MY WIFE OBSERVED THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATE, WITHIN SECONDS, THE DRIVER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. UNKNOWN IF THIS AIRBAG WAS MANUFACTURED BY TAKATA
• TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP WRANGLER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IT WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT TENSIONER DID NOT RETRACT, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT'S HEAD TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. A POLICE REPORT W

Typical onset: 50K miles Est. repair: $500💥 10 crashes

“VEHICLE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN JEEP WRANGLER DURING A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY (BOTH VEHICLES IN MOTION) WHICH RESULTED IN FRONT END IMPACT AND JEEP TIPPING OVER TO REST ON PASSENGER SIDE.”

— NHTSA complaint filing

OTHER

60 complaints

• I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP ON MY PROPERTY AND HAD STOPPED FOR A MOMENT. NEXT THING I KNOW IT WAS ON FIRE AND IT SPREAD SO QUICKLY I HAD NO CHOICE BUT LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.
• ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT ON A THURSDAY MORNING I WAS AWOKE BY THE SOUND OF MY DOG BARKING AND MY SISTER WALKING INTO MY ROOM TELLING ME THERE WAS A LARGE GLOW IN THE DRIVEWAY. AFTER WALKING OUTSIDE, WE FOUND MY BRAND NEW 2015 WRANGLER ON FIRE WITH VERY LARGE FLAMES ERUPTING FROM THE HOOD. WE
• ENGINE PROBLEMS: STARTING SUMMER 2015 ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, ACCELERATING, SLOWING DOWN, STOPPED ENGINE WILL NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR ENGINE LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING OR CRUISING BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP (PURCHASE LOCATION) APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 19TH 2015 RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2ND 2015

Typical onset: 50K miles Est. repair: $500🔥 11 fire reports💥 1 crashes

“I WAS DRIVING MY JEEP ON MY PROPERTY AND HAD STOPPED FOR A MOMENT. NEXT THING I KNOW IT WAS ON FIRE AND IT SPREAD SO QUICKLY I HAD NO CHOICE BUT LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT.”

— NHTSA complaint filing

Estimated Repair Costs

ENGINE(~50K mi)

$500

BRAKES(~50K mi)

$500

ELECTRICAL(~50K mi)

$500

AIR BAGS(~50K mi)

$500

OTHER(~50K mi)

$500

Estimates based on average reported repair costs. Actual costs vary by location, shop, and severity.

🔍 Pre-Purchase Inspection Checklist

Based on 658 owner complaints for this specific year, here's what to check or ask about:

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ENGINE: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES WHEN GOING UPHILL. DEALER CLAIMS TO BE UNABLE TO READ THE CODE IF ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE. ONCE, DEALER REPLACED A SINGLE ENGINE COIL AFTER READING A P300 MISFIRE CODE. ENGINE LOSES POWER AND FREEWAY SPEED BECOMES IMPOS
Typically appears around 50K miles. Repair cost ~$500
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BRAKES: AS I WAS DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR, THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AND THE CAR LIGHT WITH THE SWERVING LINES BEHIND IT ON THE DASH, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH, FINALLY GOT IT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD, RESTARTED IT AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL LIT UP AND BRAKES STILL LOCKED UP, HAVE TO C
Typically appears around 50K miles. Repair cost ~$500
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ELECTRICAL: DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY AROUND 2PM. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR A SOLID HOUR ON THE SAME HIGHWAY WHEN MY JEEP SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE GAS PEDAL PROCEEDED TO THE FLOOR EVEN WHILE I TAPPED AND PRESSED PUMPING MY BRAKES. I RECALL AN INITIAL ODD FEELING UNDERFOOT PRIOR TO THE CLIMBING ACCELERATION.
Typically appears around 50K miles. Repair cost ~$500
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AIR BAGS: VEHICLE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN JEEP WRANGLER DURING A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY (BOTH VEHICLES IN MOTION) WHICH RESULTED IN FRONT END IMPACT AND JEEP TIPPING OVER TO REST ON PASSENGER SIDE.
Typically appears around 50K miles. Repair cost ~$500
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General: Get a pre-purchase inspection from an independent mechanic ($100-$200)