Up to 75 inches of screen, a passenger display no rival from Ford or Chevrolet offers, and both crash ratings published in full.
Jeep markets the 2026 Grand Wagoneer as offering up to 75 inches of total screen space, and the piece behind that claim worth caring about is the available 10.25-inch Front Passenger Interactive Display, which neither Ford nor Chevrolet lists on a competing full-size SUV. The scope fact buyers most often get wrong sits right next to it: Active Driving Assist, the flagship driver-assistance system, is standard on every configuration and it is a hands-on-wheel system, not a hands-free one. Jeep's own words are "hands-on-wheel, eyes-on-road."
That distinction matters more than usual on this vehicle, because two of its direct rivals do offer hands-free systems and shoppers in NH cross-shop all three. This page, written for NH shoppers, covers the screens and audio, the full driver-assistance list with its trim scope, and both crash ratings in full, including the one that is not flattering. We publish the adverse result alongside the good ones because a safety page that quotes only the favourable rating has chosen a side.
Every configuration runs Uconnect 5 NAV on a 12-inch touchscreen with 2D and 3D maps, wireless Apple CarPlay support and Android Auto compatibility. The driver display is 10.25 inches on the Grand Wagoneer and Limited and 12.3 inches on the Summit, where it is standard and on the Limited where it is available.
| Display | Size | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Uconnect 5C NAV centre touchscreen | 12 in | Standard, every configuration |
| Driver display | 10.25 in | Standard on Grand Wagoneer and Limited |
| Driver display | 12.3 in | Standard on Summit, available on Limited |
| Front Passenger Interactive Display | 10.25 in | Available on Summit |
| Rear Seat Entertainment, two screens | 10.1 in each | Available on Limited and Summit |
| Four-zone climate comfort display | Size not published | Standard on Summit |
| Head-up display | Size not published | Standard on Summit, available on Limited |
The 75-inch total is Jeep's own figure and Jeep does not publish the arithmetic behind it, so treat it as a marketing total rather than a sum you can reconstruct from the table above. The individually published diagonals do not add to 75 on their own, which tells you the count includes displays whose sizes Jeep has not stated.
The Front Passenger Interactive Display is the genuinely unusual piece. Built into the dash ahead of the passenger seat, it runs the radio, navigation, the vehicle cameras, HDMI input and the Rear Seat Entertainment system with Amazon Fire TV built in, so the person in the right seat can work the map or start a film for the third row without reaching across the console. One correction worth making, because it circulates widely: Jeep does not claim a privacy or polarising filter on this screen for 2026, and we will not repeat that claim.
Audio starts with a nine-speaker Alpine system with subwoofer, standard on every configuration. The 19-speaker McIntosh MX950 is standard on Summit and available on Limited. The flagship McIntosh MX1375 brings 23 speakers, a 24-channel amplifier, up to 1,375 watts and a 12-inch dual voice coil subwoofer.
Active Driving Assist is standard on every 2026 Grand Wagoneer, and it is not a hands-free system. Jeep describes it as a hands-on-wheel, eyes-on-road automated system that uses sensors and cameras to identify appropriate roads, centres the vehicle in its lane, and adjusts speed and braking. It works well and it costs nothing extra on any configuration, which is a genuine advantage over rivals that reserve their systems for higher trims. But it requires your hands on the wheel.
This matters because two vehicles most often cross-shopped against the Grand Wagoneer do offer true hands-free driving. Cadillac fits Super Cruise as standard equipment on every Escalade trim, and Ford offers BlueCruise on the Expedition, standard on some trims and optional on others. If hands-free highway driving is a requirement rather than a preference, those are the vehicles that meet it and the Grand Wagoneer does not. We would rather tell you that here than have you discover it on a test drive.
What Active Driving Assist does deliver is the full adaptive suite working together on any Grand Wagoneer you buy, including the $63,995 base car. Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go handles traffic that comes to a halt and moves off again, which on the I-95 approach to the bridge on an NH summer weekend is most of the drive.
These systems are standard across the lineup, on every configuration from the base Grand Wagoneer up:
Jeep counts more than 170 standard and available safety and security features across the vehicle, which is the manufacturer's own tally rather than an independent count.
Legend: S = standard, O = available, – = not standard equipment on that configuration.
| Feature | Grand Wagoneer | Limited | Summit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Driving Assist | S | S | S |
| Uconnect 5C NAV, 12-inch screen | S | S | S |
| 12.3-inch driver display | – | O | S |
| Head-up display | – | O | S |
| Front Passenger Interactive Display | – | – | O |
| Rear Seat Entertainment, dual 10.1-inch | – | O | O |
| 9-speaker Alpine audio | S | S | – |
| 19-speaker McIntosh MX950 | – | O | S |
| 360-degree Surround View Camera | O | O | S |
| ParkSense Automated Park Assist | O | O | S |
| Dual-View FamCAM | O | O | S |
| Four-zone climate with comfort display | – | – | S |
Both rating bodies have published results for this vehicle, so both are below in full, including the two that are not favourable. The IIHS results were assigned from a tested 2023 Wagoneer Series II and applied to the 2026 Grand Wagoneer, which IIHS is able to do because, in its own words, the Wagoneer was renamed Grand Wagoneer beginning with the 2026 model year.
| Organisation | Test | Result |
|---|---|---|
| IIHS | Small overlap front | Good |
| IIHS | Moderate overlap front, updated test | Marginal |
| IIHS | Side, updated test | Good |
| IIHS | Seat belt reminders | Marginal |
| IIHS | LATCH ease of use | Good |
| NHTSA | Overall | 4 stars |
| NHTSA | Overall frontal | 5 stars |
| NHTSA | Overall side | 5 stars |
| NHTSA | Rollover | 3 stars |
NHTSA ratings are identical for the rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive models. The Grand Wagoneer does not hold a Top Safety Pick award for 2026. Read the results yourself at IIHS and NHTSA, which are the only two places these ratings are authoritative.
There are also two open safety recalls on the 2026 Grand Wagoneer as of this writing, one concerning a front camera wiring harness that can prevent the rearview camera image from displaying, and one concerning brake system control module software that can cause a loss of electronic stability control and electronic brake assist. Both are the sort of early-production items a first-year vehicle attracts, and both are corrected at no charge at our NH service department. Check any specific vehicle's recall status by VIN at NHTSA, or call our service department at (603) 431-8900 and we will look it up for you.
| If you want | Build to shop |
|---|---|
| The full driver-assistance suite for the least money | Base Grand Wagoneer. Active Driving Assist, adaptive cruise, blind-spot and forward-collision systems are all standard here |
| The passenger screen | Summit, where the Front Passenger Interactive Display is available. It is not offered further down the lineup |
| The best audio | Summit Reserve for the 23-speaker McIntosh MX1375, or Limited Reserve for the 19-speaker MX950 at considerably less |
| Cameras and parking aids working out of the box | Summit, where the surround-view camera, ParkSense and FamCAM are all standard rather than optional |
| Genuine hands-free highway driving | No Grand Wagoneer offers it. Cadillac's Escalade with Super Cruise and Ford's Expedition with BlueCruise do |
Jeep Portsmouth is at 2355 Lafayette Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801, reachable at (603) 431-8900. Being a Jeep-only store in NH means we can put a Summit with the passenger display next to a base car with the same 12-inch touchscreen and let you decide whether the difference is worth it.
Driver-assistance systems behave differently depending on what the roads look like. Where lane markings disappear under sand and salt for months at a time, a lane-centring system has less to work with, and the adaptive cruise that shines in summer beach traffic is doing more of the work than the lane-keeping is. That is worth experiencing on the actual roads rather than reading about, which is why we encourage a real test drive rather than a lap of the lot. Buyers come to us from Stratham and Newmarket inland and from the NH coastal towns north and south.
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Both rating bodies have tested it and the results are mixed. NHTSA gives it 4 stars overall, with 5 stars for frontal and side impact and 3 stars for rollover. IIHS rates it Good for small overlap front and side impact, and Marginal for both the updated moderate overlap front test and seat belt reminders. It does not hold a Top Safety Pick award. Read both at IIHS.org and NHTSA.gov and weigh them against the vehicles you are cross-shopping in NH.
No. Active Driving Assist is standard on every configuration but it is a hands-on-wheel, eyes-on-road system in Jeep's own description. It centres the vehicle in its lane and manages speed and braking, but your hands stay on the wheel. Cadillac's Super Cruise on the Escalade and Ford's BlueCruise on the Expedition are hands-free; the Grand Wagoneer's system is not.
A 10.25-inch Front Passenger Interactive Display built into the dash ahead of the passenger seat, available on the Summit. It runs navigation, radio, vehicle cameras, HDMI input and the Rear Seat Entertainment system with Amazon Fire TV built in. Neither Ford nor Chevrolet lists a front passenger display on a competing full-size SUV, though Cadillac does offer one on the Escalade.
Jeep makes no such claim for the 2026 Grand Wagoneer. The filter appears in a good deal of older and third-party coverage but not in any Jeep material for this model year, so we do not repeat it. What Jeep does document is the screen's function: radio, rear-seat entertainment with Fire TV, HDMI, vehicle cameras and navigation.
That is Jeep's own figure and Jeep does not publish the breakdown behind it. The individually published displays are a 12-inch centre touchscreen, a 10.25 or 12.3-inch driver display, a 10.25-inch passenger display and two 10.1-inch rear screens, which do not sum to 75 on their own, so the total includes displays whose sizes Jeep has not stated. Treat it as a marketing total.
Active Driving Assist, Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop and Go, Full-Speed Forward Collision Warning with Active Braking, Pedestrian and Cyclist Emergency Braking, Blind Spot Monitoring with Rear Cross Path Detection and the Active Lane Management System are all standard on every configuration including the base car. The surround-view camera, ParkSense and FamCAM are available lower in the lineup and standard on Summit.
Yes. Uconnect 5 NAV is standard on every configuration with wireless Apple CarPlay support and Android Auto compatibility, on a 12-inch touchscreen with 2D and 3D maps. Note that Jeep words CarPlay as wireless and Android Auto as compatible, so confirm the connection type on the specific vehicle if it matters to you.
As of this writing there are two: one covering a front camera wiring harness that can prevent the rearview camera image from displaying, and one covering brake system control module software that can cause a loss of electronic stability control and electronic brake assist. Both are repaired at no charge. Check any VIN at NHTSA.gov or call our service department and we will look it up.
Screens photograph well, and NH weather does not care. How a lane-centring system behaves on a salted, faded road in February is what you actually live with.
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