Jeep Gladiator Complaints

996 consumer complaints on file.

#11643754February 19, 2025
SUSPENSION
The contact owns a 2021 Jeep Gladiator. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving approximately 45 MPH, the front end of the vehicle and the steering wheel began shaking violently. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road to stop the vehicle from shaking. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 36,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11642966February 16, 2025
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
We have 2 2022 Jeep vehicles with the EcoDiesel engines in them (a Gladiator and Wrangler) that we purchased in 2022. I am filing a case for each of them on this site. In April 2023 there was a recall of the fuel pump on the 3.0 EcoDiesel and to date the problem has not been rectified for either of my vehicles. We have made notification to the dealership that we want to get this done but they say they do not have the parts in stock to do it. The dealership said they only get 1 fuel pump a month to replace and we are waiting and have been waiting for about a year since we notified the dealership for this safety issue to be rectified. I am filing this complaint as directed by the NHTSA website because I feel this issue has not been handled in a timely fashion and I believe that it is irresponsible of Jeep to not rectify this in a much quicker fashion. Each time we call the dealership we are told they do not know when it will be rectified.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11642747February 14, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Cluster needs to be replaced mileage@ 116,630. Many other consumers have the same issue. However, no recalls have been issued.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11642770February 14, 2025
ENGINE
My 2022 Jeep GLADIATOR SPRT STARTED ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY,SAID VEHICLE HAD’nt been driven in 4days , the fire and police departments were dispatched to put out said fire . My jeep was a total lost . I have the police report in hand .
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11642653February 13, 2025
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
While driving at night during snow storm snow builds in the headlights blocking ability to see. LED HEADLIGHTS do not melt the snow and the headlights are recessed and snow builds up. Drove approximately 15 miles after cleaning lenses off
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641995February 11, 2025
PARKING BRAKE
The contact owns a 2022 Jeep Gladiator. The contact stated while parking the vehicle, the parking brake lever was engaged but failed to function as intended. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to stop and continued rolling forward. The contact stated that the vehicle came to a stop once the gear shifter was shifted into park(P). The contact stated that after the first failure, the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the parking brake had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, unknown parts were replaced. The failure reoccurred the third time and the dealer refused to repair the vehicle and stated that the failure was due to the operator’s error. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,711.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641843February 10, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
There is already a recall for the 3.5" inch instrument cluster as seen here: [XXX] But there is definitely an issue with the 7" cluster as well. This just happened to me and you can see a bunch of other folks have complained about it with 7" [XXX] Looks like no one will warranty the 7" INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641367February 7, 2025
STEERING, SUSPENSION, LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
Driving down the Interstate at Interstate speed. Suddenly, the front end started shaking uncontrollably which in turn caused the whole truck to shake violently. I had to slow down immediately. The shaking stopped at 60MPH. The truck is a 2022 Jeep Gladiator with only 47,074, miles. The truck has not been driven off road but just normal driving. Has not been wrecked or has struck any road hazard. The event has been commonly referred to as " Death Wobble". I have read that this is a common occurrence for Jeeps. I had to pay over $800.00, dollars for repair. There was no rhyme or reason for this occurrence.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641183February 6, 2025
AIR BAGS
The contact owned a 2021 Jeep Gladiator. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stopped at a corner, another vehicle was speeding and crashed into the front driver's side quarter panel. The impact pushed the vehicle forward, causing the front driver's wheel to swipe a telephone pole before landing on a residential lawn. The other vehicle then crashed into a telephone pole. The front driver's side air bag deployed, but there was a hole in the side air bag and the driver's air bag failed to fully deploy. Additionally, a burning odor was detected after the air bags deployed. The police and fire departments arrived on the scene, and a police report was filed. The contact was transported to the hospital by ambulance. The contact had surgery on her left arm from wrist to elbow, which required four titanium plates. The vehicle was towed to the tow yard and deemed totaled by the insurance company. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,250.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11640891February 5, 2025
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This is in regards to the current NHTSA investigation PE24024. I work at an automotive repair shop in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. We have a customer with a number of Jeep Gladiators that they use for their business (surveying on a local mine site). We have had six of them come in and we have noted that it seems like the relays in the under hood fuse panel appear to have been hot/overheating. See attached pictures. I have no idea if this is related, of course, but I did want to submit the pictures for your review. We have been unable to determine why the relays are doing this. Note that I am not the owner of the VIN provided.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640720February 4, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
Vehicle shut off spontaneously. All dash lights lit up. No steering, Could not turn .was able to drift to side of highway and avoid being hit from traffic. Would not start for 10 min. After manny attempts finally started but could not shift into gear. Errors on the dash. Had to turn off and on a few times to get going again.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640390February 3, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
My Instrument Panel Cluster went out about a week ago. I turned my jeep on in the morning and it was flickering and very hard to read. I found a recall for the same year, make and model as my Jeep Gladiator but my VIN is not included. This is a serious safety issue as most of the time I cannot see my speedometer or my other gauges. I cannot believe there is no recall. Our local dealership is quoting over a thousand dollars to repair when it is obviously an issue with the manufacturer.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640261February 3, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
My instrument panel has started flickering off and on and then goes blank. sometimes it will come back on but other times it stays blank. I know there's a recall on some of these but mine isn't one of them.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640205February 2, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING
Vehicle caught fire while parked unassisted in our driveway. It was trying to start itself while on fire pulling itself into our porch setting it on fire. Fire dept put house and vehicle out. Total loss on vehicle. Vehicle is available for inspection. Fire appears to have stated on passenger side under hood.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11639313January 29, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The Jeep cluster failed. There is not a recall on this unit. However there is a recall on others like mine.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11639329January 29, 2025
STEERING
This vehicle has a death wobble above 50 mph when hitting a slight bump in the road causing loss of control. It has been repaired multiple times with no resolution. We tried arbitration but because we continued to drive it, they ruled in the manufacture's favor not understanding we had no choice but to continue driving it to take my wife's father to cancer treatments. It now has 56000 miles on it and is dangerous to drive. I did file a complaint here two years ago and wonder why a recall hasn't happened since I am not the only one with this issue. Every Jeep owner I talk to said they had the death wobble but after upgrading the suspension, it went away. A vehicle owner shouldn't have to spend thousands to fix a 50+ thousand dollar vehicle to make it safe to drive.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11639099January 28, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Entire instrument cluster went out no gages speedometer warning lamps etc.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11638119January 23, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
The contact owns a 2020 Jeep Gladiator. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the instrument panel went blank with the gauges including the fuel gauge displaying 0 before the lights turned off. The contact was able to continue driving the vehicle, and the vehicle was taken to a local dealer to be diagnosed. The dealer confirmed that the instrument panel was blank. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V652000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11637734January 22, 2025
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
The contact owns a 2021 Jeep Gladiator. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed at night, the contact became aware that the passenger’s side headlamp was not illuminating. After a visual inspection of the headlamp assembly, the contact observed that the wires leading into the headlamp assembly were melted. The contact stated that two weeks later the failure occurred with the driver’s side headlamp. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the headlamp assembly. The contact was informed that the headlamp assemblies need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 42,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11637578January 22, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Main battery and Auxiliary battery died due to electrical issues
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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