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2013 Jeep Wrangler electronic stability control (esc) problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2013 Jeep Wrangler3% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
3%
share of all complaints
59,944 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The vehicle keeps losing power at the most inopportune times (passing a vehicle; in a construction zone with no shoulder; on a highway). I have almost gotten into 4 accidents b/c of this problem. Whenever the vehicle goes faster than 70 mph...power is lost. It continually throws off a code of 0369…

    filed Aug 6, 2019

  • After sitting idle all night, started vehicle in morning and abs and esc lights came on. I was unable to accelerate as the rear brakes were being engaged by a faulty sensor. I shifted into neutral and back to drive and lights went out and back to normal operation. I pulled out onto the main…

    filed May 7, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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.