2015 Jeep Cherokee engine problems

373 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2015 Jeep Cherokee, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 373 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 30,000 miles 277 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 8 and 16
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 277 complaints that include mileage. 72% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	120
20k to 40k miles	40
40k to 60k miles	39
60k to 80k miles	33
80k to 100k miles	25
100k to 120k miles	10
120k to 140k miles	3
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 277 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 30,000 miles, and 72% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 16 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was trying to continue through a busy intersection, I pressed the accelerator and the car acted like it was in neutral. It revved up, but did not accelerate. I looked down at my gear shift and it was still in drive, however my dashboard said that the jeep was in neutral. Because I could not continue through the intersection, I was rear ended by the person behind me.

Reported at 6,000 miles, October 2015 CrashInjury

While driving at full speed on I-10 west, my jeep cherokee came to a full stop forcing drivers to steer around me so as not to rear end me. It's done this 5 times since suaturday the 18th of february. It says the vehicle must be in park before releasing the brake.

Reported at 72,800 miles, February 2017

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Jeep models