MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Gladiator

1,070 complaints across 2 scored model years and 16 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Gladiator Full report
D
Grade 2020–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Steering 77
Drivetrain 55
Engine 52
Avoid

2021

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
0.98× 378 C
2021
1.02× 387 D
2022 P
0.59× 172 C
2023 P
0.22× 77 B
2024 P
0.11× 30 A
2025 P
0.08× 26 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG19
City / Highway17 / 22
Engine3.6L, 6 cyl
Drive4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,250

Recalls

16 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V363000 Park it STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP 2021–2025 1,076,999
20V191000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020 319,610
23V116000 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY 2020–2023 69,201
22V767000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2021, 2022 60,413
23V263000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2021–2023 45,832
21V028000 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY 2020, 2021 42,887
24V199000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER CLOCKSPRING/SPIRAL CASSETTE 2023 38,164
20V124000 POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY 2020 33,237

+ 8 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Colorado
20152016
B
Ford Ranger
2019
C
GMC Canyon
20152016
B
Honda Ridgeline
20172019
D
Nissan Frontier
20122013
B
Toyota Tacoma
20162019
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Gladiator
Complaints in window
387
Severity-weighted
507
Model median (weighted)
495
vs model median
1.02×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
10
Open investigations
2
Score 52.7 D