2018 JEEP WRANGLER — Complaint #2012915
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER filed August 2, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2012915 (ODI reference 11606179) concerns a 2018 JEEP WRANGLER and was filed on August 2, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 2, 2024. The vehicle had 79,588 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:caliper, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP WRANGLER cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:caliper failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 JEEP WRANGLER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Wrangler. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle jerked and drifted inadvertently. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact became aware that the front brake rotors had overheated. The vehicle was able to be restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was diagnosed with front brake calipers failure. The contact was informed that the front brake calipers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the same diagnostic was provided by the mechanic. The contact was informed that the front brake calipers needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHSTA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 79,588.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2012915 |
| ODI Number | 11606179 |
| Date Filed | August 2, 2024 |
| Failure Date | August 2, 2024 |
| VIN | 1C4HJXEG1JW |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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