NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2003 Jeep Wrangler has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 98
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Jeep Wrangler
Equipment
- Campaign
- 04E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Wrangler
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Wrangler, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Wrangler, 10 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Wrangler, 42 other models
2003 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 98 owner complaints about the 2003 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on February 25, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the suspension (18%) and the steering (14%).
None of the 2003 Jeep Wrangler's 4 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2003 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (78 complaints), the median was 26,895 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train22
- Suspension18
- Steering14
- Electrical System9
- Fuel System, Gasoline9
- Air Bags7
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 20. 49% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Jeep Wrangler drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Jeep Wrangler years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 98 complaints about the 2003 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2003 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: February 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted