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title: "Jeep Wrangler Years to Avoid — and the Years to Buy Instead"
description: "Which Jeep Wrangler years to avoid: 4 model years draw more NHTSA complaints than the years either side of them. Every year from 2000 to 2025, with the quietest."
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published: "2026-08-21"
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# Jeep Wrangler Years to Avoid — and the Years to Buy Instead

> Which Jeep Wrangler years to avoid: 4 model years draw more NHTSA complaints than the years either side of them. Every year from 2000 to 2025, with the quietest.

*Used Car Buying · 20 min read · 4,576 words*

## The short version

- The Wrangler model years that draw more owner complaints than the years either side of them are 2018, 2024 and 2021. 2018 is the sharpest: 1,805 complaints against a median of 528 for its neighbours, or 3.42 times as many.
- The quietest years relative to their neighbours are 2004, 2017 and 2022. 2004 drew 192 complaints where the surrounding years median 378.5.
- Across every year on record the component owners cite most often is the steering — 3,592 citations of 16,460 in the top eight categories.
- Jeep Wrangler model years from 2000 to 2025 carry 191 recall campaigns between them. A recall is repaired free of charge by any franchised dealer regardless of who owns the car, so a year with a long recall list is not automatically a year to avoid — it is a year to check has had the work done.
- Complaint totals climb with exposure, not just with faults: a 2000 car has had over two decades in which an owner might file and a 2025 car has had months. That is why every figure here is set against the years either side of it rather than against the model as a whole.

Search for the Jeep Wrangler years to avoid and you will find a dozen lists, most of them agreeing with each other and almost none of them showing their working. This one shows its working, because the working is the only part that is worth anything: every figure below comes from the two federal databases that record what actually went wrong with these cars — owner complaints filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and recall campaigns filed by the manufacturer with the same agency.

There are 26 Jeep Wrangler model years on record, 2000 through 2025, carrying 15,428 owner complaints and 191 recall campaigns between them. That is enough data to say something specific. It is also enough data to say something misleading, which is what happens when a list ranks model years by raw complaint count.

Here is the trap in one comparison. The 2000 Wrangler has 270 complaints against it. The 2025 has 69. Read that as a quality ranking and you would conclude the Wrangler has improved beyond recognition. Read it as what it is — a car that has been on the road for years against one that has been on sale for months — and it says almost nothing about either. Complaints accumulate. Any ranking that ignores that is measuring age.

What survives the correction is narrower and more useful: four Wrangler model years drew materially more complaints than the years immediately around them, which had nearly the same time on the road. Those are the years worth being careful about, and the sections below name them, say what owners were reporting, and quote the recall campaigns that ran alongside.

If you already have a specific car in mind rather than a model year, the fastest thing you can do is run its plate or VIN before you drive anywhere. Our [guide to checking a used car’s history](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-used-cars-history/) walks the free federal checks in order.

## How these years were ranked

Two federal datasets sit behind this page. Recall campaigns are filed by the manufacturer when a defect is judged to present an unreasonable risk to safety; they are investigated, they are public, and the repair is free. Owner complaints are the opposite kind of record — unverified, self-selected, filed by whoever was annoyed enough to fill in the form. Neither is a reliability score. Together they are still far better evidence than an opinion piece.

The problem with complaint counts is exposure. Every year a car stays on the road is another year in which something can fail and an owner can file. Older model years therefore carry higher totals almost by construction, and a list that sorts by that total will hand you the oldest cars in the range and call them the worst.

The correction used here is to compare each model year against its own neighbours instead of against the whole range. For every Wrangler year, the two years before it and the two years after it form a comparison group that has been on the road for approximately as long. If a year draws substantially more complaints than that group, exposure cannot explain the gap, and something about that year probably can.

**The threshold.** A year is flagged as standing out when its complaint count is at least 1.6 times the median of the four years around it, and flagged as quiet when it falls to 0.7 times that median or below. Both cut-offs are stated here rather than hidden so you can disagree with them: the year-by-year table further down prints every raw figure and every ratio, so you can apply your own.

## The Jeep Wrangler years that stand out from their neighbours

Four model years clear the threshold. They are listed worst first, by how far each one sits above the years around it rather than by how many complaints it has in absolute terms — which is why the order may not match the raw counts.

### 2018 Jeep Wrangler

Owners filed 1,805 complaints against the 2018 Wrangler. The four model years around it median 528, which puts this year at 3.42 times its neighbourhood. Those neighbouring cars have been on the road within a year or two of as long, so the gap is not explained by age.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: steering (1,114), suspension (342) and electrical system (262). 30 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 22 reports involving a crash, 25 involving a fire and 13 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2018 also carries 14 recall campaigns, concentrated on powertrain (four) and electrical system (three).

> Overheated clutch components may increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, damage to other nearby components can result in debris falling onto the road or a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash. — NHTSA campaign 21V028000, power train

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

### 2024 Jeep Wrangler

Owners filed 884 complaints against the 2024 Wrangler. The four model years around it median 343, which puts this year at 2.58 times its neighbourhood. Those neighbouring cars have been on the road within a year or two of as long, so the gap is not explained by age.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: electrical system (529), engine (528) and powertrain (184). 22 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 12 reports involving a crash, 11 involving a fire and 6 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

### 2021 Jeep Wrangler

Owners filed 908 complaints against the 2021 Wrangler. The four model years around it median 489, which puts this year at 1.86 times its neighbourhood. Those neighbouring cars have been on the road within a year or two of as long, so the gap is not explained by age.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: electrical system (305), steering (248) and engine (216). 30 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 20 reports involving a crash, 26 involving a fire and 14 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2021 also carries 15 recall campaigns, concentrated on powertrain (three) and electrical system (three). Three carries the “park outside” warning for fire risk while parked.

> Overheated clutch components may increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, damage to other nearby components can result in debris falling onto the road or a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash. — NHTSA campaign 21V028000, power train

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

### 2008 Jeep Wrangler

Owners filed 1,255 complaints against the 2008 Wrangler. The four model years around it median 708, which puts this year at 1.77 times its neighbourhood. Those neighbouring cars have been on the road within a year or two of as long, so the gap is not explained by age.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: airbags (414), electrical system (236) and steering (200). 30 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 18 reports involving a crash, 34 involving a fire and 7 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2008 also carries nine recall campaigns, concentrated on airbags (four) and service brakes, hydraulic (two). One of them carries NHTSA’s “park it” warning, the agency’s most serious classification, which asks owners to stop driving the vehicle until it is repaired.

> Fluid could boil over and may come into contact with a hot engine or exhaust component and cause a fire. — NHTSA campaign 09V436000, power train

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

## The years that came in quietest

The same comparison run the other way. These are the Wrangler years whose owners filed fewer complaints than the owners of the years around them, ordered by the size of the gap. A quiet year is a weaker signal than a loud one — silence has more possible causes than noise, including simply fewer cars sold — but the pattern is worth having.

### 2004 Jeep Wrangler

The 2004 Wrangler drew 192 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 378.5 — 0.51 times, which is to say meaningfully fewer than the years either side of it despite having had the same time to accumulate them.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: steering (67), suspension (59) and powertrain (26). 26 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 17 reports involving a crash, 7 involving a fire, 12 recorded injuries and 1 recorded death. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2004 also carries three recall campaigns, concentrated on service brakes, hydraulic (one) and petrol fuel system (one).

> In the presence of an ignition source, a fuel leak could result in a fire. — NHTSA campaign 06E011000, fuel system, gasoline

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

### 2017 Jeep Wrangler

The 2017 Wrangler drew 308 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 598.5 — 0.51 times, which is to say meaningfully fewer than the years either side of it despite having had the same time to accumulate them.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: service brakes (76), engine (61) and powertrain (50). 24 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 19 reports involving a crash, 21 involving a fire and 21 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2017 also carries five recall campaigns, concentrated on seat belts (one) and electrical system (one).

> A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. — NHTSA campaign 16V849000, fuel system, gasoline

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

### 2022 Jeep Wrangler

The 2022 Wrangler drew 378 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 742 — 0.51 times, which is to say meaningfully fewer than the years either side of it despite having had the same time to accumulate them.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: electrical system (160), engine (86) and steering (79). 26 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 13 reports involving a crash, 11 involving a fire and 6 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2022 also carries 15 recall campaigns, concentrated on electrical system (five) and powertrain (two). Three carries the “park outside” warning for fire risk while parked.

> Overheated clutch components may increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, damage to other nearby components can result in debris falling onto the road or a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash. — NHTSA campaign 23V116000, power train

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

### 2023 Jeep Wrangler

The 2023 Wrangler drew 343 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 631 — 0.54 times, which is to say meaningfully fewer than the years either side of it despite having had the same time to accumulate them.

What owners were reporting, by the categories NHTSA files them under: electrical system (184), engine (98) and steering (56). 25 distinct component categories appear in the year’s filings in total.

Those filings include 11 reports involving a crash, 6 involving a fire and 8 recorded injuries. These fields are owner-reported and unverified, and a complaint marked as involving a crash is not a finding that the vehicle caused one.

The 2023 also carries 14 recall campaigns, concentrated on electrical system (five) and powertrain (two). Three carries the “park outside” warning for fire risk while parked.

> Overheated clutch components may increase the risk of a fire. Additionally, damage to other nearby components can result in debris falling onto the road or a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash. — NHTSA campaign 23V116000, power train

Every one of those campaigns is repaired free of charge, on any age of vehicle, by any franchised dealer. Whether the work was actually done on the specific car you are looking at is a different question, and one you can answer in about two minutes — see [how to check a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/).

## What actually goes wrong on a Jeep Wrangler

Set the years aside for a moment. Pooling every complaint across every Wrangler model year on record and sorting by the component category NHTSA files it under gives you the model’s actual failure profile — the things that recur regardless of which year you buy.

The steering leads with 3,592 citations of the 16,460 in the top eight categories, followed by the electrical system at 3,066 and the powertrain at 2,127. Read the leader carefully before you read anything into it: some categories are broad enough to collect unrelated faults, and a large count can mean one common failure or twenty uncommon ones.

**Figure: NHTSA owner complaints by Jeep Wrangler model year**

Bar chart of NHTSA owner complaint counts for every Jeep Wrangler model year from 2000 to 2025, totalling 15428 complaints. 4 years are highlighted as drawing more complaints than the years either side of them.

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against each Jeep Wrangler model year. Read the shape, not the peak — older years have had longer to accumulate filings, so the years worth noticing are the ones that break the trend set by their neighbours rather than the ones that are simply tallest. Source: NHTSA complaints database, retrieved 2026-08-21.

**Complaint citations by component category, Jeep Wrangler, 2000–2025**

| Component category | Citations |
| --- | --- |
| Steering | 3,592 |
| Electrical system | 3,066 |
| Powertrain | 2,127 |
| Engine | 2,090 |
| Suspension | 1,558 |
| Airbags | 1,513 |
| Fuel system | 1,269 |
| Gasoline | 1,245 |

A complaint is one owner’s account, filed voluntarily, with nobody checking it. That makes the list above a map of what annoyed people enough to write it down rather than a failure-rate table. It is still the closest thing to a public failure record that exists for this car, and it is free.

## Every Jeep Wrangler model year on record

The whole dataset, so you can check any claim above against it or draw a different line than we did. “Neighbour median” is the median complaint count of the two years before and the two years after. “Ratio” is the year’s own count divided by that median: above one means more complaints than its neighbours, below one means fewer.

**Jeep Wrangler by model year: owner complaints, recall campaigns and crash-test rating**

| Year | Complaints | Neighbour median | Ratio | Flag | Recalls | Crash-involved | Fire-involved | NCAP overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 270 | — | — | Not judged | 5 | 19 | 20 | — |
| 2001 | 170 | 108 | 1.57× | — | 7 | 17 | 16 | — |
| 2002 | 108 | 181 | 0.6× | Quiet | 6 | 15 | 5 | — |
| 2003 | 102 | 181 | 0.56× | Quiet | 4 | 8 | 3 | — |
| 2004 | 192 | 378.5 | 0.51× | Quiet | 3 | 17 | 7 | — |
| 2005 | 649 | 461 | 1.41× | — | 2 | 10 | 9 | — |
| 2006 | 730 | 852.5 | 0.86× | — | 3 | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2007 | 1,056 | 689.5 | 1.53× | — | 10 | 24 | 32 | — |
| 2008 | 1,255 | 708 | 1.77× | Stands out | 9 | 18 | 34 | — |
| 2009 | 647 | 871 | 0.74× | — | 7 | 12 | 19 | — |
| 2010 | 686 | 739 | 0.93× | — | 11 | 15 | 35 | — |
| 2011 | 484 | 667.5 | 0.73× | — | 11 | 13 | 20 | — |
| 2012 | 831 | 650 | 1.28× | — | 10 | 22 | 19 | — |
| 2013 | 649 | 567.5 | 1.14× | — | 7 | 14 | 16 | — |
| 2014 | 651 | 557 | 1.17× | — | 4 | 21 | 24 | — |
| 2015 | 465 | 552.5 | 0.84× | — | 3 | 15 | 27 | — |
| 2016 | 456 | 558 | 0.82× | — | 5 | 28 | 15 | — |
| 2017 | 308 | 598.5 | 0.51× | Quiet | 5 | 19 | 21 | — |
| 2018 | 1,805 | 528 | 3.42× | Stands out | 14 | 22 | 25 | — |
| 2019 | 732 | 754 | 0.97× | — | 9 | 9 | 10 | — |
| 2020 | 600 | 820 | 0.73× | — | 12 | 16 | 12 | — |
| 2021 | 908 | 489 | 1.86× | Stands out | 15 | 20 | 26 | — |
| 2022 | 378 | 742 | 0.51× | Quiet | 15 | 13 | 11 | — |
| 2023 | 343 | 631 | 0.54× | Quiet | 14 | 11 | 6 | — |
| 2024 | 884 | 343 | 2.58× | Stands out | — | 12 | 11 | — |
| 2025 | 69 | — | — | Not judged | — | 5 | 1 | — |

Blank cells mean the agency holds no figure, not a figure of zero. “Not judged” marks the years at each end of the range, which have neighbouring years on one side only: their complaint counts are real, but there is no full comparison group to set them against, and the newest year on the list has been collecting filings for months rather than years. Crash-test ratings in particular are patchy: NHTSA does not test every trim of every year, and the programme was made significantly harder for the 2011 model year, so ratings either side of that line are not comparable.

## Recalls: the column that scares people for the wrong reason

A long recall list looks like bad news and is often the opposite. A recall means a defect was identified, reported to the regulator and is being fixed at the manufacturer’s expense, on every affected car, forever. The failure mode you should worry about is the defect that never became a campaign.

The Jeep Wrangler range carries 191 campaigns across 26 model years, with the 2021 carrying the most at 15. By component, they cluster on airbags (42), electrical system (26), powertrain (26) and service brakes, hydraulic (15).

**Severity flags in this range.** 18 campaigns carry NHTSA’s “park it” warning — stop driving the vehicle until the repair is done. Ten carry “park outside”, meaning the vehicle can catch fire while switched off and should be kept away from buildings until repaired. If the Wrangler you are considering falls in an affected year, check the VIN before you drive it home rather than after.

The number that matters is not how many campaigns a model year has. It is how many are still open on the specific vehicle in front of you — a figure that depends entirely on whether previous owners took it in. NHTSA’s own lookup answers that from the VIN, free, and our walkthrough of [checking a car for open recalls](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/how-to-check-a-car-for-open-recalls/) covers what to do when it comes back with something outstanding.

## What this data cannot tell you

Worth being blunt about, because the pages competing with this one are not. Three things the figures above genuinely do not establish.

**They are not failure rates.** NHTSA publishes complaint counts, not the number of vehicles sold. Without a denominator, a year with more Wranglers on the road will tend to collect more complaints than a year with fewer, independent of quality. The neighbour comparison reduces this — adjacent years usually sold in similar numbers — but it does not eliminate it.

**They are not verified.** Anyone can file a complaint and nobody checks it. A model year that attracts press coverage attracts complaints, some of which would never have been filed otherwise. Recalls do not have this problem; complaints do.

**They are not about the car you are buying.** This is the big one. A well-maintained example of a bad year will outlast a neglected example of a good one, and it is not close. Service history, previous owners, accident record and whether outstanding recalls were done are all properties of the individual vehicle, and all of them outweigh the model year on the windscreen.

**How to use the page, then.** Treat a flagged year as a reason to ask sharper questions — to look specifically for the components listed above in the service records, and to mention them to whoever does your pre-purchase inspection. Treat a quiet year as one fewer thing to worry about, not as a guarantee.

## Checking the Wrangler in front of you

Everything above is about a model year. Buying is about one car. The gap between those two is where the money is lost, and closing it takes about ten minutes of desk work before you spend an afternoon driving to see something.

![A used Jeep Wrangler being looked over before purchase](https://baronauto1.com/assets/photos/inspection-2-1280.webp)

*The record narrows the search to a year. This part is still done with your own eyes.*

1. **Run the VIN for open recalls.** Free, direct from NHTSA, instant. If the year you are looking at appears in the recall section above, this is not optional.
2. **Check the title status.** A salvage or rebuilt brand changes what the car is worth and what it costs to insure. Our guide to [what a salvage title means](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/what-is-a-salvage-title/) explains why the brand is a financial verdict rather than a mechanical one.
3. **Check the mileage against the record.** A VIN holds no mileage, but the reported readings attached to it across titles and inspections will show a rollback as an inconsistency — see [mileage check by VIN](https://baronauto1.com/vehicle-history/mileage-check-by-vin/).
4. **Ask for the service record against the component list.** If the Wrangler you are looking at is a flagged year, the components named above are the ones to look for in the invoices.

A commercial [vehicle history report by VIN](https://carcheckervin.com) pulls the title, odometer and reported-damage records into one document, which is the part the free federal tools do not do for you. What it cannot do is tell you whether this particular Wrangler was serviced — that still comes from the invoices and the inspection.

## Jeep Wrangler years: frequently asked questions

### What year Jeep Wrangler should I avoid?

On this data, 2018, 2024 and 2021. Each drew at least 1.6 times the owner complaints of the model years immediately before and after it, which have been exposed to the road for nearly as long. The 2018 is the clearest case at 1,805 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 528. None of this makes a specific car a bad buy — it makes it a car worth inspecting harder.

### What is the most reliable Jeep Wrangler year?

Relative to the years around it, 2004 — 192 complaints against a neighbourhood median of 378.5. Two cautions. Federal complaint data is not a reliability score, and a quiet year can be quiet because fewer were sold rather than because fewer went wrong. Use it to narrow a shortlist, not to skip an inspection.

### How many recalls does the Jeep Wrangler have?

191 campaigns across 26 model years, 2000 to 2025. That figure is close to meaningless on its own, because a campaign covers whichever cars the defect affected and says nothing about your car. The number that matters is how many are still unrepaired on the specific VIN, which NHTSA will tell you free in under two minutes.

### What are the most common Jeep Wrangler problems?

By the categories NHTSA files complaints under, the steering leads across the whole range with 3,592 citations, then the electrical system at 3,066 and the powertrain at 2,127. These are broad categories rather than specific faults — one category can hold a single recurring failure or a dozen unrelated ones — so treat them as where to look, not as what is wrong.

### Does a recall mean I should avoid that Wrangler year?

No, and the instinct usually runs backwards. A recall is a defect that was found, reported and is repaired free of charge for the life of the vehicle by any franchised dealer, regardless of how many owners it has had. The years worth worrying about are the ones with complaints and no campaign behind them, because there is nothing standing behind the repair bill.

### Is a high-complaint Wrangler year actually unreliable?

Not necessarily. Complaint counts have no denominator — NHTSA publishes how many people filed, not how many cars were sold — and nobody verifies a filing. That is exactly why every year on this page is measured against the years either side of it rather than against the range, since adjacent model years usually sold in similar numbers and have had similar time on the road.

### Where does this data come from?

Two public federal databases, pulled directly rather than through an intermediary: NHTSA’s owner complaint database and its recall campaign database, plus its New Car Assessment Program crash-test ratings where a Wrangler of that year was tested. Every figure on this page is reproducible — the sources are linked at the foot of the page, and the year-by-year table prints the raw counts rather than a score derived from them.

## Sources and further reading

- [NHTSA recall lookup](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [NHTSA complaints database](https://www.nhtsa.gov/complaints)
- [NHTSA safety ratings](https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings)
- [NHTSA VIN decoder](https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/decoder/)
- [NMVTIS (US Department of Justice)](https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/)
- [FTC used car buying guide](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/buying-used-car-dealer)

Recall, complaint and safety-rating figures on this page were retrieved from the federal databases above on August 19, 2026. Federal data changes — re-check any VIN before you rely on it.

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