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2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 53 complaints for the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
53 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
79,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
16 and 0
Injuries and deaths
15 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 79,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 79,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 44% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 15 injuries.

What owners wrote

I had just turned right at a traffic light, driving slowly forward in a construction area, when my accelerator suddenly stuck. Within a few seconds my car hit the vehicle in front of me at an accelerated speed, causing a chain reaction with 2 additional cars. My car was totaled and I believe the one I hit directly was too...I was ticketed for careless driving even though I told the police what had happened...a year later I have heard several reports about my vehicle, a 2000 jeep grand cherokee, having this…

May 2005 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 jeep grand cherokee. While the brake pedal was depressed, the gear shifter was placed in reverse and the vehicle inadvertently accelerated at a rapid speed. The vehicle crashed into the garage door. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 32388093. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

Reported at 95,000 miles, September 2017 Crash

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