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2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4X4 engine problems

46 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4X4, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
46 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
6,000 miles 45 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4X4 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 6,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 32 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 6,000 miles
Based on 45 complaints that include mileage. 91% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles32
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 45 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 6,000 miles, and 91% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

After driving my 07 wrangler home from work, approximately 35 minutes, I parked in my drive way and the under part of my jeep caught on fire and then the jeep exploded, catching my house on fire. My driveway is on an downward incline.

Reported at 65,000 miles, February 2012 FireInjury

I was driving down the road the jeep started spitting and sputtering I pulled over to see what was going on as I go to get out it bursted into flames from under the hood then quickly spread throughout the whole jeep quickly

Reported at 80,000 miles, January 2016 Fire

Other problems reported for the 2007 Jeep Wrangler 2-DR 4X4

Engine problems in other years

  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007

Engine problems across all Jeep models