Jeep Wrangler / 1995
1995 Jeep Wrangler problems
Owners have filed 259 complaints about the 1995 Jeep Wrangler with NHTSA. Parking brake accounts for 21.2% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of engine and engine cooling at 15.1%.
Complaints259
Crashes36
Fires9
Injuries12
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Parking brake 21.2% · 55
Engine and engine cooling 15.1% · 39
Power train 12.4% · 32
Service brakes, hydraulic 6.6% · 17
Seat belts 6.2% · 16
Electrical system 5.0% · 13
Structure 4.2% · 11
Latches/locks/linkages 3.5% · 9
Severity
Of those complaints, 36 describe a crash, 9 describe a fire, 12 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 35 model years of the Jeep Wrangler in this data, 1995 sits 26th by complaint volume. 2018 draws the most.
Filing volume has held steady, 5 in the last three years against 5 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 90,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Emergency parking brake failed while parked on a hill in a parking lot. Witness heard a loud "pop" and witnessed the vehicle rolling down the parking lot and striking another vehicle. When I arrived and separated the vehicles, I placed the parking brake in services and exited the vehicle. As soon as I took two steps from the vehicle I heard a loud pop, and the parking brake had released again. Parking brake
Emergency brake released and vehicle began to roll,while at airport consumer had to run and jump in vehicle and slammed on brakes, second occurrence happened while parked on a slightly sloped driveway vehicle rolled into street,third occurrence vehicle was parked in her own driveway and rolled a few feet and then stopped, parking brake was replaced on 1-9-01. Parking brake
The Jeep was parked in our driveway for about two hours when the parking brake unexpectedly released, causing the Jeep to roll down the driveway, across the street, down an embankment and into a concrete porch. The brake had been checked by a mechanic two months earlier for a similar spontaneous release with no worn parts found or any damage to the mechanism. Parking brake
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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