2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4

Early-defect pattern

25.1% of complaints about the 2007 Jeep Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 came in its first year of service — a higher share than 98% of the 268 2007 model-years on record. That points to problems present from new rather than wear. The most-reported system is fuel system (200 complaints), typically at 3.9 yr or about 41,000 miles.

Complaints: 760
Median age at failure: 3.5 yr
Median mileage: 36,000 n=683
Crash / fire / tow: 4.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Fuel system

200 reports · 41,000 mi

3.9 yr

0.5%

Electrical system

114 reports · 7,400 mi

9 mo

3.5%

Steering

82 reports · 47,129 mi

4.7 yr

2.4%

Suspension

78 reports · 45,000 mi

4.0 yr

1.3%

Engine cooling

73 reports · 5,400 mi

8 mo

2.7%

Power train

31 reports · 39,000 mi

3.6 yr

12.9%

Fuel / propulsion

22 reports · 56,000 mi

8.5 yr

4.5%

Air bags

19 reports · 75,000 mi

7.8 yr

5.3%

Structure

17 reports · 22,000 mi

1.8 yr

11.8%

Service brakes, hydraulic

15 reports · 10,572 mi

1.0 yr

20%

Other

15 reports · 49,000 mi

6.6 yr

13.3%

In owners’ own words

Engine cooling 5,500 mi 3 mo in service

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OUT AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WILL BE LOST. AFTER A SHORT OUTAGE, ELECTRICAL POWER WILL BE RESTORED AND THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. TSB 18-036-06 (COMPUTER REFLASH) WAS PERFORMED AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HOWEVER IT DID NOT PREVENT ADDITIONAL FAILURES. SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED AT 65 MPH AND RESULTED IN A NEAR ACCIDENT WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER FOLLOWING MOST RECENT FAILURE AND NO CAUSE COULD BE FOUND. *NM

Engine cooling 7,000 mi 5 mo in service

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AS IF THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON AS TO START THE MOTOR ALL POWER WAS LOST AND THE WHOLE JEEP BUCKED. AFTER A SHORT OUTAGE, ELECTRICAL POWER WILL BE RESTORED AND THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. WAS VERY SCARED BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENED YOU HAVE NO CONTROL. *NM

Engine cooling 1,680 mi 6 mo in service

WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH THE JEEP WILL TURN OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS ,AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WILL COME ON, AND THEN THE JEEP STARTED BACK UP LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM , AND NO CODES WERE FOUND SO THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY. IT DID THIS AT 1680 MILES ,AND IT WAS VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SOMEONE COULD REAR END THE VEHICLE ,OR I COULD LOSE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE IS A 2007, JEEP, WRANGLER UNLIMITED 4 DOOR SAHARA EDITION.*AK

Fuel system 700 mi 6 mo in service

I WAS GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL ON A REMOTE TRAIL WITH A HALF A TANK OF GAS. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AND THE ENGINE DIED, I LOST MY BRAKES JUST WHEN I NEEDED THEM THE MOST. I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR AND WE PLUNGED DOWN THE VERY VERY STEEP HILL WITH NO WAY TO STOP OR TO STEER. FOR SOME REASON IN A STEEP DOWN HILL THE ENGINE DID NOTNOT GET FUEL. LOSING BRAKES AND STEERING POWER JUST WHEN IT IS NEEDED THE MOST IS AN ACCIDENT AND A LAW SUITE WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK

Other Wrangler 4-DR 4X4 model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.