1999 Jeep Wrangler problems
The 1999 Jeep Wrangler has 262 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns electrical system. After that come engine (19%) and exhaust system (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 262 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 134 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 14 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 31 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 32 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 134 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 69,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 80,000 miles (36 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 8 complaints mention a fire; 10 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 24th most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Jeep Wrangler with enough data (143 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle had tires replaced at approx. 40,000 miles, after several front end alignments and tire rotations tires showed signs of uneven wear. Recommended new tires be computer balanced and yet another front end alignment. On dec 27, 2001, driving on rural rt 6a (cape cod ma) at 35 MPH, unable to turn steering wheel on two corners then front right wheel fell off @ ball-joint and remained connected to vehicle but strayed under the car causing the vehicle to roll 4 timesend over end, coming to rest after taking down a…
Consumer was involved in a 50 MPH frontal collision in which driver's and passenger's air bags did not deploy, cause unknown.
Was driving 50MPH & the driver fell asleep at the wheel and vehicle hit a telephone pole. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Driver was wearing seat belts at the time. Suffered some bruises & sprains.
My 1999 jeep lost all gauges and the air bag light came on. I found out that jeep has a TSB #08-15-99 since may 21 1999 because of a faulty connector.since this is a safety problem I believe they should pay for the repair. Thank you.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 jeep wrangler. The contact stated that the speedometer, fuel gauge, odometer, temperature gauge, and oil gauges were inoperable. Also, the heat and air conditioning worked intermittently on the high setting. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 99v117000 (unknown or other). The current mileage was 121,000 and failure mileage was 76,000.