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2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission problems

32 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
32 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
17 and 0
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 20,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 77% 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 miles13
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 26 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 77% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 17 crashes, 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

Wife was dropping off son at swim practice. Wife noticed son had left a drink in the jeep. Wife placed the vehicle in park and was walking up the sidewalk to take my son his drink when she heard a noise (popping) from the direction of the jeep. She turned to see the jeep rolling backwards across the parking lot. My wife attempted to stop the jeep but was knocked to the ground. The jeep continued backward until it hit a fence and a sign pole.

Reported at 5,100 miles, January 2005 CrashInjury

While on the website of consumer affairs I noticed that there was an issue with automatic acceleration on the 2004 jeep grand cherokee laredo which I own and have experience this happening luckily I have always been in control of the situation, and frequent stalling. Either it jumps at a red light or it stalls, stalling is better, not being able to bring it to a shop due to financing, I try to stay on top of it, this already has caused some deaths I see on the site, when are they going to recall this vehicle due…

Reported at 100,000 miles, April 2008

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Transmission problems in other years

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