2001 Jeep Wagoneer

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › wiring › front underhood. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Dec 18, 200670,000 milesMI

THE HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE WENT OUT AT APOXIMATELY 70K MILES...LUCKILY IT WAS AT THE END OF THE WINTER..NOW THIS WINTER THE HEAT WAS ONLY COMING OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS. NOW I HAVE NO HEAT AND IT'S 20 DEGREES. A HAT, GLOVES, AND WARM COAT IS NOT CUTTING IT. THE DEALER SHIP WANTS OVER $1000 TO FIX IT, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. MERRY CHRISTMAS... *NM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 20, 2004PA

THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE MOTOR DROPPED OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. HE SAID IT SOUNDED AS IF HE HAD RAN OVER SOMETHING, BUT WHEN HE PULLED TO THE SIDE AND GOT OUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. HE SAID HE WALKED BACK ABOUT 10 FEET AND PICKED UP A PART, THAT LOOKED LIKE A PART OF THE ENGINE, THEN WALKED SOME MORE AND PICKED UP A PISTON RING, ALL OF THE TIME THE OIL WAS JUST RUNNING FROM THE MOTOR. THE CONSUMER BENT DOWN AND LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A WHOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. *JB

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Aug 13, 2001MA

AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR 10 MILES AND PARKING CONSUMER RETURNED AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMR LIFTED HOOD UP, AND NOTICED A FIRE. CONSUMER PUT FIRE OUT. PLEASE PROVIE FURTHER INFORMAITON.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2022
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20256300Routine
202450800Routine
2023106900Routine
20222011030Above average
2001 — this page3010Routine
20001000Routine
19992000Routine
19983000Routine
19972000Routine
19962000Routine
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.