1973 Jeep Wagoneer Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1973 Jeep Wagoneer, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Tires & wheels1100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TIRE PRESSURE ON ALL 4 TIRES HAD BEEN CHECKED EVENING BEFORE, AT 34-35 PSI ALL TIRES.*AK TIRE JUST "CAME APART" (NO BLOWOUT, NO FLAT) -- APPEARS AS IF ENTIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM INTERNAL BELTS (TREAD WAS STILL INTACT, INSIDE SIDEWALL GONE) APPARENTLY PIECES STARTED FLYING OFF ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THIS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE NOISE, UNTIL THE TIRE CAME APART AND LOST ALL PRESSURE. WAGONEER IS PRETTY STABLE, SO LED ONLY TO A (VERY) ABRUPT PULLOVER ONTO SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY. (ALSO HELPED THAT IT WAS A REAR TIRE) WANTED TO REPORT IT -- HAVE TWO MORE TIRES OF SAME TYPE ON VEHICLE, ONE OF WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE SERIOUS CRACKS IN SIDEWALL.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .