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1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine problems

102 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
102 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
129,000 miles 44 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 129,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 9 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 129,000 miles
Based on 44 complaints that include mileage. 7% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles9
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 44 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 128,000 miles, and 7% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

1. Came out of gear when in park and crashed sustaining 5000.00 dollars in damage. Had received a letter from daimler-chrysler in 2002,however it was not dated stating the car could do this. No recalls were present at the time. They denied any problem when car crashed. Called an attorney who was a relative that told without a doubt (100%) the car would do this. He then called me back and stated he could not represent me because he represented daimler-chrysler.

Reported at 100,003 miles, April 2002 CrashInjury

Engine stalls either at speed or during idle after 20 minutes. Will continue to stall for about 4 minutes, sometimes very hard to start during this time. Then vehicle will run fine with no problems for several hours. The next day, or after vehicle has been sitting for several hours, the process will start again. Every day it will stall after about 20 minutes - sometimes while turning, which will cause a total loss of steering ability, or while on the freeway, or while at a red light or intersection.

Reported at 89,000 miles, July 2011

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