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Jeep Grand Cherokee by model year

40,238 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Jeep Grand Cherokee across 35 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Jeep Grand Cherokee 0 1,750 3,500 1993: 784 '93 1994: 775 1995: 983 1996: 1,250 '96 1997: 1,433 1998: 1,349 1999: 2,319 '99 2000: 1,855 2001: 1,128 2002: 1,771 '02 2003: 890 2004: 1,573 2005: 2,733 '05 2006: 1,754 2007: 1,479 2008: 992 '08 2009: 195 2010: 174 2011: 2,428 '11 2012: 2,336 2013: 1,122 2014: 3,420 '14 2015: 1,789 2016: 443 2017: 566 '17 2018: 1,224 2019: 550 2020: 370 '20 2021: 682 2022: 486 2023: 712 '23 2024: 456 2025: 150 2026: 51 '26
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
1993784
1994775
1995983
19961,250
19971,433
19981,349
19992,319
20001,855
20011,128
20021,771
2003890
20041,573
20052,733
20061,754
20071,479
2008992
2009195
2010174
20112,428
20122,336
20131,122
20143,420
20151,789
2016443
2017566
20181,224
2019550
2020370
2021682
2022486
2023712
2024456
2025150
202651

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2027 22 to 23
2026 51 Engine (39%) 6 22 to 23
2025 150 Electrical system (21%) 4 22 5 stars
2024 456 Electrical system (25%) 16 22 5 stars
2023 712 Electrical system (25%) 21 17 to 22
2022 486 Electrical system (27%) 13 17 to 22
2021 682 Electrical system (17%) 12 13 to 21 4 to 5 stars
2020 370 Electrical system (20%) 3 13 to 21 4 to 5 stars
2019 550 Brakes (21%) 7 13 to 24 4 to 5 stars
2018 1,224 Electrical system (28%) 10 13 to 25 4 stars
2017 566 Engine (19%) 5 15 to 21 4 to 5 stars
2016 443 Engine (19%) 8 15 to 25 4 to 5 stars
2015 1,789 Drivetrain & axles (20%) 9 15 to 25 4 to 5 stars
2014 3,420 Electrical system (14%) 18 15 to 25 4 to 5 stars
2013 1,122 Electrical system (34%) 9 14 to 19 4 stars
2012 2,336 Electrical system (36%) 10 14 to 19 4 stars
2011 2,428 Electrical system (32%) 6 15 to 18 4 stars
2010 174 Electrical system (27%) 5 13 to 18
2009 195 Electrical system (25%) 2 12 to 18
2008 992 Electrical system (48%) 4 12 to 20
2007 1,479 Electrical system (45%) 5 12 to 20
2006 1,754 Electrical system (43%) 4 12 to 17
2005 2,733 Electrical system (34%) 3 14 to 17
2004 1,573 Air bags (21%) 8 15 to 16
2003 890 Air bags (29%) 4 16
2002 1,771 Air bags (28%) 10 14 to 16
2001 1,128 Wipers, windshield & visibility (23%) 4 15 to 16
2000 1,855 Brakes (26%) 6 15 to 17
1999 2,319 Brakes (32%) 4 15 to 16
1998 1,349 Transmission (28%) 4 13 to 16
1997 1,433 Fuel system (23%) 5 14 to 16
1996 1,250 Transmission (19%) 6 14 to 16
1995 983 Transmission (23%) 4 14 to 16
1994 775 Brakes (20%) 3 14 to 16
1993 784 Brakes (24%) 7 14 to 16