NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2005 Jeep Wrangler has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 6, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 650
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2005 Jeep Wrangler
2005 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 650 owner complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on August 21, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (2%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (53%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (15%) and the steering (9%).
None of the 2005 Jeep Wrangler's 2 recalls concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2005 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (532 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline346
- Fuel/Propulsion System99
- Steering58
- Suspension51
- Power Train41
- Engine And Engine Cooling22
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 24 | |
| 2010 | 132 | |
| 2011 | 155 | |
| 2012 | 83 | |
| 2013 | 45 | |
| 2014 | 47 | |
| 2015 | 31 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 155. 11% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Jeep Wrangler drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 18th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 650 complaints about the 2005 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2005 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: August 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted