{"id":3924,"date":"2026-03-06T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/jeep-wrangler-modifications-solve-crash-test-tipping-issue\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:35:56","slug":"jeep-wrangler-modifications-solve-crash-test-tipping-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/jeep-wrangler-modifications-solve-crash-test-tipping-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeep Wrangler modifications solve crash-test tipping issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#13;<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-head\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-teaser subtitle\">\n<p>The 2026 Jeep Wrangler 4-door remained upright during the driver-side small overlap crash test, resolving a longstanding issue with the popular SUV.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>By<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>March 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .article-head -->&#13;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"feature\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2026 Jeep Wrangler 4-door driver-side small overlap IIHS crash test\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVXI40WJjvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Jeep Wrangler 4-door remained upright during the driver-side small overlap crash test, resolving a longstanding issue with the popular SUV. The improved result came after changes were made to the frame rail.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In earlier tests, the Wrangler tipped onto its passenger side after striking the barrier, resulting in a marginal rating. The issue was first identified in a test of the 2019 model and happened again with the 2022 model despite an earlier round of modifications.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the latest changes, Wranglers built after October 2025 earn an acceptable small overlap rating, which combines results from the driver-side and passenger-side tests. While the vehicle provides solid protection overall, in the passenger-side test, it showed a high risk of injury to the front passenger\u2019s right foot and leg.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Stellantis made the same modifications to the frame rail on the 2026 Jeep Gladiator. The pickup also earns an acceptable rating for vehicles built after October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>IIHS assigns ratings of good, acceptable, marginal or poor in each of its tests. A good small overlap front rating for both the driver and passenger side is required for an IIHS safety award.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .article-text -->&#13;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"is-callout is-article-secondary  IIHS News\" aria-label=\"related\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<news-aside\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The 2026 Jeep Wrangler 4-door remained upright during the driver-side small overlap crash test, resolving a longstanding issue with the popular SUV. &#13; By &#13; March 6, 2026 &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The 2026 Jeep Wrangler 4-door remained upright during the driver-side small overlap crash test, resolving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2640,2642,1720,2638,2639,2641,2637],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-crashtest","tag-issue","tag-jeep","tag-modifications","tag-solve","tag-tipping","tag-wrangler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}