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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

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2016 Jeep Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 43,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 32 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 41 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 55 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 25 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 14 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 43,000 miles
Based on 177 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.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles32
20k to 40k miles41
40k to 60k miles55
60k to 80k miles25
80k to 100k miles14
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

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.

Reported at 39,000 miles, July 2018 Fire

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?

Reported at 55,000 miles, February 2019 Fire

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