NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2004 Jeep Wrangler has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 3, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2004 Jeep Wrangler
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V048000
- Reported
- February 3, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 96
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Wrangler, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Wrangler, 10 other models
2004 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2004 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on April 15, 2023. Of these, 17 describe a crash (9%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the steering (35%), followed by the suspension (31%) and the power train (14%).
None of the 2004 Jeep Wrangler's 3 recalls concerns the steering.
Where 2004 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (164 complaints), the median was 46,192 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering67
- Suspension59
- Power Train26
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Structure13
- Electrical System12
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 19 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 23. 36% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Jeep Wrangler drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
The 192 complaints about the 2004 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2004 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: April 15, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted