1997 Jeep Wrangler YJ

Routine

Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe2
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Fuel System, Other1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly1
000
Equipment › Electrical1
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
000
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Dec 31, 2002150,000 milesCA

NHTSA 14720-02-V-041-000 PARKING BRAKE: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS, THE PARKING BRAKE CAN RELEASE WITHOUT WARNING: CONSUMER STATES ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM ON APRIL 4, 1997. VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD WHILE PARKED ON A HILL WHILE PARKED WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY DID NOT FIND NOTHING WRONG. FIVE YEARS LATER CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Oct 17, 1998TX

A/C FAILED.

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Oct 12, 1998IL

HORN BEEPS ON ITS OWN, CAUSED BY A SHORT IN WIRING OR RELAY BOX. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Sep 11, 1998PA

BOLT ON EXHAUST MANIFOLD BROKE OFF.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Sep 10, 1998GA

EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED AND WELD SITE

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly
Filed Apr 27, 1998IN

FUEL SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTIONED.

Air Bags
Filed Apr 23, 1998AZ

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS IN CRASH. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Apr 22, 1998AZ

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A COLLISION. VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.534707 DUP 0F 543502; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

Fuel System, Other
Filed Apr 7, 1998VA

GAS GAUGE FAILURE; GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS AS MUCH AS 6 GALLONS OF FUEL LEFT IN THE TANK. *AK

Equipment › Electrical
Filed Sep 23, 1997CA

INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE FAILING CONTINUALLY.

10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20034000Routine
20005000Routine
19994010Routine
1997 — this page10000Routine

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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.