NHTSA Complaint #11709988 — 2021 JEEP GLADIATOR

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11709988
Vehicle	2021 JEEP GLADIATOR
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of Incident	January 8, 2026
Date Filed	January 9, 2026
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TX

Consumer Description

While driving yesterday vehicle lost power steering and almost cause a crash. Upon talking to multiple shops and online researching we all came to a conclusion it was the can bus board (controller area network) shops stated this is a very know problem with jeeps. I feel as this is a safety factor for this. Now I am at the point in fixing it and trading in the vehicle due to my family and trying to be safe. Codes are saying lost of communication with can bus basically all the computers are not talking to each other.

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