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2018 Jeep Wrangler electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 269 complaints for the 2018 Jeep Wrangler, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
269 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
15,000 miles 94 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 6
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2018 Jeep Wrangler Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 15,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 54 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 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: 15,000 miles
Based on 94 complaints that include mileage. 79% 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 miles54
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 94 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 15,000 miles, and 79% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 6 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The 2018 jeep wrangler began having problems in oct of 2019 with a racing engine and electrical issues, may of 2020 the car had severe electrical issues and the dealership could not find anything wrong. The car was at the dealership for 5 days. In june the same electrical problems occurred and it was at the dealership for 6 days. When the car was returned to us the dealership said not to drive it very far. On july 23rd. The car went rogue in reverse at 60 miles an hour backwards.

Reported at 41,000 miles, July 2020 CrashInjury

Vehicle stalled in highway, stop and go traffic for no reason and was extremely hard to restart. A few days later, the radio and backup camera went out and came back an hour or so later. The radio, which controls all electronics and backup camera, went out again. Dealer replaced some sort of interface for the infotainment system (radio) on 07/30/18. Then vehicle stalled again in highway, stop and go traffic on 08/03/2018 and was difficult to restart.

Reported at 3,000 miles, July 2018

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