Where each one leads
GEO Tracker
- Against cars of the same year, the GEO Tracker comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 35% less often than average) than the Jeep Wrangler (fails 25% less often than average).
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 1997 GEO Tracker uses 10.6 l/100 km, the 2026 Jeep Wrangler 11.0.
Jeep Wrangler
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| GEO Tracker | Jeep Wrangler | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1986–2002 | 1984–2026 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 71,721 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 7,374 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 4,168 |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| GEO Tracker | Jeep Wrangler | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 76% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +2% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| … against cars of the same year | −35% | −25% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 22.6% |
| US owner complaints | 355 | 16,046 |
| Most complaints about | Structure | Steering |
| Model year with most complaints | 1996 (71) | 2018 (1,827) |
| US recall campaigns | 9 | 92 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 251 | 6,389 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 13 | 144 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Fuel, emissions and price
| GEO Tracker | Jeep Wrangler | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 10.6 l/100 km (1997) | 11.0 l/100 km (2026) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 12.4 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 117 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 201 kW (269 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 2,328 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €85,344 |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).