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2000 Jeep Cherokee engine problems

71 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2000 Jeep Cherokee, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
71 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
72,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 26
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2000 Jeep Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 72,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 8 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 72,000 miles
Based on 28 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles8
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 28 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 26 fires.

What owners wrote

At 7200 miles the engine check light went on flashing. This happened 2 more time over last winter. Each time the spark plugs are fouled and replaced, the computer reports misfiring in the engine. Then in july my car went on fire after driving 6 miles to the store. I parked my car went into the store only to be called out 5 min later that my car was on fire. The fire department had to break into the car because the hood release was burnt. Chrysler said it was a rodent that chewed the fuel injector harness.

Fire

Bought car used w/49,000mi. As soon as I got it on the road, I noticed the "check gauges" light illuminated at a warm idle, only to find my oil pressure guage pegged at 0 psi. Did research on the web and apparently the "0331 cast" breed of cylinder heads that dc used in 2000-2001 xj's are noted for cracking after an overheat. Sure enough the vehicle had a crack in the cylinder head, which caused coolant to mix into the engine oil.

Reported at 49,648 miles, April 2005

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