1996 Jeep Wagoneer

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › steering wheel/handle bar. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Apr 12, 2002OK

UPON VEHICLE BEING STARTED, AND BEING IN PARK GEAR JUMPED INTO REVERSE AUTOMATICALLY. VEHICLE ROLLED BACK INTO THE LAKE, ALMOST DROWNING DRIVER AND PET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Nov 10, 1999PA

WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL IS MOVING BACK AND FORWARD. BOLTS ARE LOOSE WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL, AND WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. *AK.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2022
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20256300Routine
202450800Routine
2023106900Routine
20222011030Above average
20013010Routine
20001000Routine
19992000Routine
19983000Routine
19972000Routine
1996 — this page2000Routine
19941000Routine
19933000Routine
19921000Routine
19912200Routine
199013500Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.