1998 Jeep Wrangler vehicle speed control problems
11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 1998 Jeep Wrangler — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Tl* the contact owns a 1998 jeep wrangler. While driving at an unknown speed, the speedometer failed to display the speed intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 124,000.”
filed Mar 7, 2016
“While using cruise control speed increased and would not respond to shutting off speed control or by hitting the brakes car could not be stopped only pushing in clutch while the engine raced uncontrollably and pulling off the interstate onto side of road turning off key stopped this . When started…”
filed Sep 8, 2015
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Wrangler years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Wrangler | 4 | 7% |
| 2024 Wrangler | 65 | 10% |
| 2023 Wrangler | 19 | 6% |
| 2022 Wrangler | 21 | 6% |
| 2021 Wrangler | 41 | 5% |
| 2020 Wrangler | 12 | 2% |
| 2019 Wrangler | 18 | 2% |
| 2018 Wrangler | 24 | 1% |
| 2017 Wrangler | 14 | 5% |
| 2016 Wrangler | 35 | 8% |
| 2015 Wrangler | 30 | 7% |
| 2014 Wrangler | 21 | 3% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1998 Jeep Wrangler
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.