2010 Jeep Wrangler — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 686 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Jeep Wrangler — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
686 complaints
485 complaints
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309 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
GAS GUSHING OUT WHEN FILLING VEHICLE AT GAS PUMP, THE AUTO SHUT OFF DOES NOT SHUT OFF MANUALLY OR AUTO SHUT OFF. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY, I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS PROBLEM IN THE GAS TANK PREVENTING THE GAS OVERFLOW. THIS IS A HAZARD. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 47K MILES. THIS HAS HAPPENED THE LAST 4 TIMES PUMPING GAS.
APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS AGO MY 2010 JEEP WRANGLER BEGAN OVERFLOWING AT EVERY FILL UP, SPILLING FUEL ALL OVER THE SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND THE GROUND. THIS HAD HAPPENED AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND DIFFERENT TEMPERATIONS, AND NO MATTER HOW SLOW I TRY TO PUMP THE FUEL IT STILL OVERFLOWS. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN ALL AT ONCE AND I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT BEFORE. *TR
WHEN FILLING UP THE GAS TANK THE FUEL SPILLS OUT AFTER SHUT OFF. APPROXIMATION A CUP TO 2 CUPS WILL BACK SPLASH OUT OF THE TOP AND SPILLS ALL OVER THE JEEP AND GROUND. DOES NOT MATTER WHAT GAS STATION THIS HAS JUST STARTED HAPPENING THE LAST TWO FILL UPS. *TR
VEHICLE WILL EXPERIENCE UNCONTROLLABLE VIBRATION I.E. DEATH WOBBLE WHEN GOING OVER A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE DEATH WOBBLE CAN LAST FROM 20 YARDS TO 100 YARDS DEPENDING ON THE SPEED AND TERRAIN. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AND HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT RECENTLY OCCURRING ABOUT ONCE PER WEEK. THE DATE BELOW IS THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE.
AIR BAG LIGHT TURNS ON INTERMITTENTLY DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, MEANING THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF THERE'S A COLLISION. SUSPECTED COMPONENT FAILURE IS THE CLOCKSPRING. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON OTHER YEARS OF JEEP WRANGLERS FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT NOT 2010 TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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