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2001 Jeep Wrangler body & structure problems

39 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2001 Jeep Wrangler, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
39 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
97,000 miles 30 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 1
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2001 Jeep Wrangler Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 97,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 97,000 miles
Based on 30 complaints that include mileage. 20% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 30 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 97,000 miles, and 20% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 fire, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

Takata recall my vehicle was in motion traveling about 50 MPH when it lost control on a wet road. The car slid across the road, over a small ditch, and head on into a tree. The car bounced from the tree and swiped the drivers side with another tree and finally bouncing back towards the road. The road was slightly curved downhill in a small town. I attempted to use my brakes while out of control but they were ineffective. The weather conditions were thunderstorms on and off, raining in the area of the accident.

Reported at 120,000 miles, July 2016 CrashInjury

This is been an ongoing problem since I purchased this vehicle the frame is pretty much completely rotted away basically since the day I bought it it is cost me almost $4000 to get the frame repair of repeatably. One such time my transmission and transfer case actually fell out because the skid plate rotted out for bolts on. This specific repair cost me almost $3000 to fix as I had to get another transfer case and a newport of rail made.

Reported at 131,000 miles, August 2015

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