2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee problems
NHTSA has received 1,128 complaints about the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and 23% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. Next are brakes (22%) and seats (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,128 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 95 and 21
- Injuries and deaths
- 59 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 69,000 miles 685 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 77 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 78 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 137 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 116 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 93 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 75 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 38 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 34 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 11 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 18 |
| 200k+ miles | 8 |
What the data shows
Of the 685 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 69,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (203 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 95 complaints mention a crash; 21 complaints mention a fire; 59 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee with enough data (626 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Swerved off the road up an embankment hitting telephone pole, rolled over a few times hitting a tree, guard rail, then coming to rest on drivers side.
While driving at 30 MPH, another vehicle skidded in the direction of the consumer's vehicle, when the consumer tried to avoid an collision, the consumer lost control of the vehicle and slid into a pole. Upon impact, the driver and rear seats failed without warning. As a result, all three occupants sustained back injuries.
Driving down main street and it was dry road conditions and went to apply brakes and pedal would not engage at time. Had in past pulsing pedal, but no brakes at all this time resulting in a rearend collision with the car that had stopped in front of me.
The driver's side seat foundation broke and came of the track. This caused the seat to start reclining backwards. This occurred because a weld on the seat had fracture. The consumer feels the seat would have separated from the structure in the event of an accident.
At approximately 89,000 miles, the driver's seat track broke on the left front corner on a weld. Dealer said new seat track would have to be purchased. We had the broken area re-welded. At approximately 185,000 miles a different component on the left front corner also cracked, not near a weld. This is extremely dangerous, since the entire seat rocks about and the driver is unable to accurately apply the brakes.