2001 Jeep Cherokee problems
Owners have filed 329 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Jeep Cherokee. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are engine (14%) and suspension (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 329 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 25
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 130 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 21 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 21 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 20 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 130 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 21,000 miles (22 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 33 complaints mention a crash; 25 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 82% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Jeep Cherokee with enough data (226 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Rear-end collision while stopped /pushed into another veh./airbags did not deploy/resultling in 2 injuries w/ head trauma/ vehicle a total loss.
2001 jeep cherokee. Consumer writes in regards to several vehicle recalls and airbag malfunction during an accident. *smd
Takata recall-- I had an accident january 7, 2016, I hit a pole. The airbags did not deploy. I did a search and I found out there was a recall on this jeep. I only had liability insurance. I got in touch with the company they had the car towed to a dealership and supposedly had it checked out but I don't believe it. I myself and my girlfriend was injured and under doctors care. My car is tore up in the front. Why? Those airbags did not deploy. They could not tell me. I was traveling on rte 49 east.
2001 jeep cherokee limited: drivers seat bracket broke for no apparent reason, seat is now unstable/wobbly. Had this occurred while on the freeway it could have LED to a serious crash. While researching a fix for the problem I discovered that this is a common issue. Jeep should recall these vehicles and fix this serious safety problem. [link removed]
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 jeep cherokee sport. The contact stated that while she was turning the steering wheel she heard a noise as if plastic was broken. The air bag light illuminated, the horn, the cruise control malfunctioned, and the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle will be taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer will be contacted. The failure mileage was 138,000 and the current mileage was 138,100.