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1986 Jeep Cj Series Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
2
Latest Jun 1, 2001
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Dec 18, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Jeep Cj Series. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 1, 2001

REAR AXLE WAS CRACKED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK VEHICLE FORMED AN UNUSUAL AXLE TUBING CRACK, AN AUTO EXPERT STATED TO CONSUMER: THE AXLE HOUSING CRACK WAS UNIQUE AND UNUSUAL AS AXLE HOUSING CRACKS OCCUR, IF AT ALL, WHERE THE AXLE TUBING IS JOINED AT THE AXLE CENTER AND NOT ON THE TUBING ITSELF, VEHICLE CAN NOT BE DRIVEN. *SLC

NHTSA ID
889561
Incident
Mar 1, 2001
Engine
Filed Dec 18, 1996
Fire reported

ON TWO OCASSIONS JEEP WAS AT A GAS STATION AND CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE ENGINE. *AK

NHTSA ID
805389
Incident
Sep 1, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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