Vehicle report
1985 JEEP CJ7
This model year
What the record shows
The 1985 Jeep Cj7 is a special purpose vehicle, and the 10th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1976 to 1988.
The EPA rated nine configurations: engines from 2.5-litre four-cylinder to 4.2-litre six-cylinder, 4-wheel or all-wheel drive only, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 15 to 18 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 6 owner complaints and 2 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.