NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2017 Jeep Wrangler has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 26, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 311
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
21 fires
On a 2017 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 2017 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 2011–2016, 2018 Wrangler
Electrical system: wiring: front underhood
- Campaign
- 18V524000
- Reported
- August 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,779
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Wrangler, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 18V098000
- Reported
- February 8, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39,456
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 16V849000
- Reported
- November 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 359
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Jeep Wrangler
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 2016 Wrangler
2017 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 311 owner complaints about the 2017 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 21 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the service brakes (25%), followed by the engine (20%) and the power train (16%).
None of the 2017 Jeep Wrangler's 5 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2017 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (159 complaints), the median was 23,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes77
- Engine62
- Power Train50
- Electrical System45
- Unknown Or Other37
- Air Bags26
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 17 | |
| 2018 | 33 | |
| 2019 | 51 | |
| 2020 | 36 | |
| 2021 | 28 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 34 | |
| 2024 | 25 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 22 |
Complaints about the 2017 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 51. 44% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Jeep Wrangler drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
The 311 complaints about the 2017 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2017 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted