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2021 JEEP GLADIATOR — Complaint #2175912

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING filed February 11, 2026

NHTSA complaint #2175912 (ODI reference 11717367) concerns a 2021 JEEP GLADIATOR and was filed on February 11, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 11, 2026. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting, 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 GLADIATOR cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting 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 2021 JEEP GLADIATOR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2021 JEEP GLADIATOR
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
State
Indiana

Complaint Description

The center high mounted tail light (CHMTL) has failed. It makes it a little harder to see the vehicle is braking. The fuses are fine. It is a very common failure on Jeep Gladiators. Many times people don't know it has failed. There are no warning lamps or indicators to tell you it has failed.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2175912
ODI Number 11717367
Date Filed February 11, 2026
Failure Date February 11, 2026
VIN 1C6JJTBG6ML

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.