2016 Jeep Cherokee electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 298 complaints for the 2016 Jeep Cherokee, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 298 15% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 43,000 miles 177 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 32 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 41 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 55 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 25 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 14 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 177 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 43,000 miles, and 72% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 4 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
On july 18, 2018 I went outside to get an item out of back of my vehicle which was stationary and I couldn't get liftgate to lift and I noticed there was smoke in my car, I opened the drivers side door and smoke billowed out. After a few minutes, I got in the vehicle and moved it back away from my house and noticed I had no A/C, radio or anything working on dashboard. I looked in back of vehicle and it was burnt in the back left corner of lift gate.
Three days after buying this jeep cherokee limited I was sitting in my driveway with the car in park running when I started to smell something burning, the cabin filled with smoke to the point that I called 911 and dispatched my local fire department, they could not determine the location of the smoke, I was able to drive it to the dealership with all windows down in 18 degree weather, the dealer found "burn marks" on the cabin air filter and all they did was to remove the cabin air filter and that was it?
Other problems reported for the 2016 Jeep Cherokee
- Drivetrain & axles 634 complaints
- Engine 320 complaints
- Brakes 104 complaints
- Cruise control 76 complaints
- Steering 54 complaints
- Fuel system 44 complaints
- Body & structure 33 complaints
- Air bags 31 complaints