2002 Jeep Wrangler problems
The 2002 Jeep Wrangler has 139 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (19%) concerns body & structure. After that come suspension (14%) and air bags (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 139 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 108 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 | 30 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 9 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 108 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 63,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 92,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 31st most-complained-about out of 35 model years of the Jeep Wrangler with enough data (65 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Rapid sudden acceleration, jeep did not stall, would not shut off with only brake applied. Consequences , vehicle drug my husband more than 30 feet causing injuries that resulted in his death. Please help me find out why this vehicle did not stall.
While driving at 30 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a head on collision and the airbags did not deploy. The vehicle crashed with into a large tree. *scc
Takata recall- driving down a dark county road- lost control of vehicle and went off road and hit a tree- upon impact the jeep burst into flames- the driver was pulled out because she was trapped inside the burning jeep- the jeep was totaled due to the fire
I purchased a 2002 jeep wrangler from shakers jeep dealer. South main streeet, waterbury, ct. After having the jeep for one month the windshield piited inbetween the glasss.it was alset to have plymouth glass to install. Then shaker jeep went out of buisness! All there customers where sent to bradshaw jeep. To make a long story short when the sun or head lights hit the winshild it is blinding! In october I went to bradshaw and spoke to daimler/chrysler about the problem.
Corrosion on the rear brake lines caused catastrophic failure of brakes. This is a ten year old vehicle that I bought from the dealer. Fortunately, the failure occurred in a parking lot.