NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Jeep Wrangler Recalls
The 2020 Jeep Wrangler has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 30, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Jeep Wrangler. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 616
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2020 Jeep Wrangler, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2020 Jeep Wrangler
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 25V741000
- Reported
- October 30, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 320,068
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2023 Wrangler, 1 other model
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 2018–2019, 2021–2023 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 2018–2019, 2021–2023 Wrangler, 1 other model
Structure: frame and members
- Campaign
- 23V191000
- Reported
- March 23, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,829
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Wrangler
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 2018–2019, 2021–2023 Wrangler, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 22V767000
- Reported
- October 13, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 60,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Wrangler, 2 other models
Back over prevention: display function
- Campaign
- 22V638000
- Reported
- August 25, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,895
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Wrangler, 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 21V665000
- Reported
- August 26, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,410
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Jeep Wrangler
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 2018–2019, 2021 Wrangler, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V191000
- Reported
- September 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 319,610
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Wrangler, 10 other models
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 2018–2019 Wrangler, 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 20V042000
- Reported
- January 24, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,005
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Jeep Wrangler
2020 Jeep Wrangler complaints by year
NHTSA has received 616 owner complaints about the 2020 Jeep Wrangler, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (3%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Jeep Wrangler, the component group named most often is the steering (39%), followed by the electrical system (30%) and the engine (9%).
2 of the 2020 Jeep Wrangler's 12 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2020 Jeep Wrangler owners gave the mileage (214 complaints), the median was 2,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering239
- Electrical System182
- Unknown Or Other58
- Engine56
- Suspension51
- Power Train47
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 126 | |
| 2021 | 44 | |
| 2022 | 50 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 73 | |
| 2025 | 131 | |
| 2026 | 90 |
Complaints about the 2020 Jeep Wrangler peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 131. 52% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Jeep Wrangler drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Jeep Wrangler year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the Jeep Wrangler years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 616 complaints about the 2020 Jeep Wrangler are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Wrangler by model year
Other 2020 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted