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2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission problems

34 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
34 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
46,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 46,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 46,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 80% 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 miles5
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 46,000 miles, and 80% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

The consumer parked and exited the vehicle. Without warning the vehicle rolled backwards and hit a utility pole. The consumer sustained some injuries and the vehicle was damaged. The consumer received a recall related to the problem.

June 2002 CrashInjury

The vehicle was left in park with the engine on. The vehicles gear shift lever jumped out of park and the vehicle hit a parked car. *nlm

Reported at 20,000 miles, March 2003

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