Jeep Gladiator
Owners filed 996 complaints across 7 model years of the Jeep Gladiator. The 2020 drew the most (484).
Which Jeep Gladiator years should you avoid?
Going by 996 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Jeep Gladiator years to avoid are 2022 and 2020.
- 20223.4× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (13 fires, 5 crashes).
- 2020484 complaints, 2.3× a typical Gladiator year, most often about the electrical system.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Jeep Gladiator model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 17 | 1 | — | 2 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2024 | 23 | 2 | 3 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 57 | 6 | 3 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022Avoid | 120 | 8 | 13 | 5 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2021 | 292 | 8 | 3 | 7 | Steering | Above average | |
| 2020Avoid | 484 | 7 | 7 | 11 | Steering | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.