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2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 77 complaints for the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
77 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
51,000 miles 59 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
31 and 0
Injuries and deaths
13 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 51,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 15 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 51,000 miles
Based on 59 complaints that include mileage. 56% 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 miles15
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 59 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 51,000 miles, and 56% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 31 crashes, 13 injuries.

What owners wrote

Consumer's son was pulling into driveway when gas pedal got stuck. This caused him to spin out of control, knock down a fence, and then keep going, ending up chopping down a very large tree. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Driver and son sustained bumps on the heads , but there were no serious injuries.

April 2004 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 jeep grand cherokee. While driving at various speeds, whenever the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to accelerate. While at a stop sign, the contact attempted to accelerate forward, but the vehicle was unable to move. As a result, another vehicle crashed into the driver side of the contact's vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. There were no injuries. A police report was filed.

Reported at 60,000 miles, June 2012 Crash

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