Jeep: 30 published Texas lemon law decisions
Every published TxDMV decision naming Jeep, for case-years 2014-2026, with what each order did and a link to the order itself.
This is not a census of Texas lemon vehicles, and no number on this page is a defect rate. Confidential settlements, manufacturer buybacks agreed before a hearing, and complaints withdrawn along the way never enter this corpus at all and are structurally invisible to it. What is counted here is contested proceedings that reached a published decision, which is a small and non-random slice of everything that goes wrong with a vehicle in Texas.
A manufacturer with more decisions here is not "more of a lemon" than one with fewer. It may simply have sold far more units in Texas, or its owners may be likelier to push a dispute to a contested hearing rather than settle. There is no sales or registration denominator behind these counts, so the division that would turn them into a rate cannot be done, and this site does not publish one.
What these 30 orders did
Counts of published proceedings naming Jeep. These are not shares of anything: there is no figure here for how many vehicles Jeep sold in Texas, so no proportion computed from this table would mean what it appears to mean.
| What the order did | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Repurchase ordered | 6 |
| Repair ordered | 5 |
| Dismissed | 19 |
Which vehicles these decisions were about
Make and model exactly as the source documents print them, so a model that two orders name differently appears twice rather than being silently merged. A model appearing more often is not a defect rate.
| Vehicle | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Jeep Grand Cherokee | 7 |
| Jeep Wrangler | 4 |
| Jeep Cherokee | 3 |
| Jeep Gladiator | 2 |
| Jeep Renegade | 2 |
| Jeep Wagoneer | 2 |
| Jeep | 1 |
| Jeep Compass | 1 |
| Jeep Grand Cherokee L | 1 |
| Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT | 1 |
| Jeep Patriot | 1 |
| Jeep Sahara | 1 |
| Jeep Wrangler 4xe | 1 |
| Jeep Wrangler Sahara | 1 |
| Jeep Wrangler Sport | 1 |
| Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon | 1 |
By vehicle model year
The model year of the vehicle at issue, not the year the decision issued.
| Model year | Decisions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
Every Jeep decision
30 recordsNewest decision first. Every row links the source document it was read from.
Source PDF 2024 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
alleged engine casting-sand contamination Dismissed
Source PDF 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee
excessive engine vibration at idle Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2024 Jeep Wagoneer
vibration, rattles, transmission jerk, A/C odor, door locks Dismissed
Source PDF 2024 Jeep Wrangler
steering wheel control buttons and digital display failure Repair ordered
Source PDF 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee L
driveline vibration/noise, steering-wheel clicking, and intermittent radio screen blackout Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee
gear-shifter/stalling, touchscreen, lane management, and A/C defects Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee
electrical and A/C malfunctions (screen, tailgate, backup camera) Repair ordered
Source PDF 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee
driver-assist warning lights, tailgate, memory seat, and adaptive cruise control faults Repair ordered
Source PDF 2022 Jeep Wrangler 4xe
check engine light, stalling, and loss of motive power Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2020 Jeep Wrangler Sport
coolant leaks, auto start/stop failure, misfires Repair ordered
Source PDF 2017 Jeep Cherokee
electrical faults (windows, heater, interior lights, radio) Dismissed
Source PDF 2016 Jeep
transmission random shifting and panoramic sunroof malfunction Dismissed
Source PDF 2015 Jeep Renegade
brakes self-engaging, grooved rotors, engine noise, electrical faults Repair ordered
Source PDF 2015 Jeep Renegade
key fob deprogramming and transmission jerking Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Jeep Cherokee
transmission intermittently hesitates and fails to shift or shifts late Repurchase ordered
Source PDF 2014 Jeep Patriot
engine shutting off intermittently, speedometer dropping Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
intermittent electrical fault affecting the radio display Dismissed
Source PDF 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
electrical issues and alleged diminished value from dealer repairs Dismissed
Source PDF 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon
door seal water leak, transmission cooler tube chafing, sound system, power steering leak, oil pump Dismissed
The honest use of this page is to read the orders. Every row links the document it came from, and those documents say what happened in a specific dispute over a specific vehicle: what the defect was, how many repair attempts there were, and what the examiner ordered.
The dishonest use is to treat the number at the top as a quality score. It counts contested proceedings that reached a published decision, which is a function of how many vehicles a manufacturer sells in Texas, how its warranty department handles disputes before they get that far, and how likely its owners are to push a case to hearing rather than accept an offer. Those are three different things, and none of them is the reliability of the vehicle.