1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee electrical system problems

63 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 63 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 116,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 3
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 33 complaints that include mileage. 18% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	3
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	7
120k to 140k miles	5
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	4

What the data shows

Of the 33 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 116,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 fires.

What owners wrote

While driving at 30MPH the jeep cut off, sounded like it was out of gas the tank was over half full. After trying to crank it I noticed smoke coming from under the hood at the windshield area. I opened the hood and flames shot out. I closed the hood and 2 cars behind me was a police, he care the fire department and they were there within 5 min. By then the flames were inside the jeep and the motor looked like melted plastic to me. I still dont know why it caught fire I had no electrical work done on it .

November 2001 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1998 mark III jeep grand cherokee. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly shut off. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the main PCM located on the firewall was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 191,000.

Reported at 191,000 miles, April 2017

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Jeep models