2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine problems

84 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 84 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 80,000 miles 66 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 4
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 66 complaints that include mileage. 36% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	12
20k to 40k miles	7
40k to 60k miles	5
60k to 80k miles	8
80k to 100k miles	5
100k to 120k miles	14
120k to 140k miles	5
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	2
180k to 200k miles	6
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 66 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 jeep grand cherokee. While driving about 25 MPH toward a green light to make a right turn, the vehicle then shut off. The vehicle lost all power therefore the driver could not make a right turn and the vehicle continued driving nt straight ahead. The failure caused the contact to crash head on into another vehicle. The driver attempted to apply pressure to the brakes to avoid the crash. The driver took her vehicle to the dealer to be repaired.

Reported at 62,500 miles, February 2010 Fire

Having problem with the truck acting like it's going to over heat already replaced waterpump thermostat and new antifreeze new o2 sensors it only has 102,500 miles.

Reported at 103,500 miles, January 2015

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Jeep models