NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2016 Jeep Wrangler has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 462
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
On a 2016 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Jeep Wrangler
Air bags: frontal: driver clockspring/spiral cassette
- Campaign
- 24V196000
- Reported
- March 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,831
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Jeep Wrangler
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 19V680000
- Reported
- September 26, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,463
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015, 2017–2018 Wrangler
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V018000
- Reported
- January 15, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,413,222
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015 Wrangler, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 16V734000
- Reported
- October 13, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 182,743
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Wrangler
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V288000
- Reported
- May 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Wrangler
2016 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 462 owner complaints about the 2016 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (6%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 38 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the service brakes (26%), followed by the engine (19%) and the air bags (17%).
4 of the 2016 Jeep Wrangler's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (238 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes120
- Engine88
- Air Bags77
- Power Train74
- Electrical System57
- Unknown Or Other54
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 37 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 26 | |
| 2019 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 65 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 30 | |
| 2023 | 26 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 65 | |
| 2026 | 45 |
Complaints about the 2016 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 70. 36% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Jeep Wrangler drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 10th highest of the 23 ranked years.
The 462 complaints about the 2016 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2016 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted