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2019 Jeep Cherokee fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 43 complaints for the 2019 Jeep Cherokee, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
43 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
16,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2019 Jeep Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 16,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 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: 16,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 86% 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 miles12
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 22 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 16,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

PTU for this car, with no light or warning on the dashboard, car began to make a cranking clicking noise and began to smoke from the rear exhaust, car lost steering capability for the brief moment and fellow driver alerted me that my car was on fire below. Car immediately pulled to the side, i never lost power. at mechanic shop, appears that the PTU blew and oil flew all over the bottom of the car which then ignited causing car fire, appears to have damaged dry shaft, PTU blown into literal pieces and Rear…

March 2025 Fire

Everytime I slowed down my jeep would cut off. I figured out I could get it to restart in neutral as I'm finding somewhere to coast off road, but would have to put in park to shift back to drive. I made it to dealer and they said it very common problem and hopefully a recall will be soon because they dont know how to fix the problem. The problem seems to be the jeep using oil and then the engine starts shutting down to protect further damage. They filled with oil and it ran fine..

Reported at 38,000 miles, October 2019

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