NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2018 Jeep Wrangler has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 1,827
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
25 fires
On a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 24V676000
- Reported
- September 12, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2023 Wrangler
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 24V652000
- Reported
- September 5, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,863
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2023 Wrangler, 1 other model
Power train: clutch assembly
- Campaign
- 23V116000
- Reported
- February 23, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,201
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2023 Wrangler, 1 other model
Power train: clutch assembly
- Campaign
- 21V028000
- Reported
- January 28, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,887
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2021 Wrangler, 1 other model
Power train: clutch assembly
- Campaign
- 20V124000
- Reported
- March 3, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Wrangler, 1 other model
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 2011–2017 Wrangler
Equipment
- Campaign
- 19V320000
- Reported
- April 23, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 18V786000
- Reported
- November 8, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 18V675000
- Reported
- September 28, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,055
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 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 2017 Wrangler, 14 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 18V343000
- Reported
- May 25, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 539
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V280000
- Reported
- May 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 18V231000
- Reported
- April 12, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 106
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Jeep Wrangler
2018 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,827 owner complaints about the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (1%) and 25 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the steering (61%), followed by the suspension (19%) and the electrical system (15%).
1 of the 2018 Jeep Wrangler's 14 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2018 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (1,201 complaints), the median was 6,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering1,117
- Suspension343
- Electrical System268
- Unknown Or Other212
- Power Train177
- Engine99
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 463 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 524 | |
| 2020 | 165 | |
| 2021 | 118 | |
| 2022 | 127 | |
| 2023 | 135 | |
| 2024 | 93 | |
| 2025 | 112 | |
| 2026 | 90 |
Complaints about the 2018 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 524. 70% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Jeep Wrangler drew 8.9× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 1st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the Jeep Wrangler years to avoid by our method.
The 1,827 complaints about the 2018 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2018 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted