2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission problems
88 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 88 8% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 57,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 38 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 22 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 57,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 38 crashes, 23 injuries.
What owners wrote
While in park and idling vehicle jumped into reverse and traveled onto a busy roadway. Consumer experienced cuts, scrapes, and an unknown knee injury while jumping into vehicle to apply the brakes. Vehicle crashed into a pole . *slc
Automatic transmission began to slip then would not engage at all in the course of 2 days. The entire transmission was destroyed by the torque convertor "completely breaking apart" per the transmission shop resulting in the complete transmission having to be completely rebuilt at 83,000 miles.
Other problems reported for the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 257 complaints
- Brakes 244 complaints
- Seats 131 complaints
- Engine 53 complaints
- Electrical system 43 complaints
- Air conditioning & heating 42 complaints
- Steering 38 complaints
- Cruise control 34 complaints