Vehicle Data Hub

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine problems

208 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
208 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 173 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 13
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 23 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 17 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 21 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 24 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 27 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 17 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 19 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 11 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 7 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 173 complaints that include mileage. 35% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles23
20k to 40k miles17
40k to 60k miles21
60k to 80k miles24
80k to 100k miles27
100k to 120k miles17
120k to 140k miles19
140k to 160k miles11
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles7

What the data shows

Of the 173 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 13 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

Entering my exit I noticed my 1month old was no longer sound asleep but screaming I turned around noticing she was being approached by smoke arising from the back of the vehicle.As panic set in I immediately tried to come to stop moving off the exit. At the same time clear fluid gushed out of the hood and smoke immediately entered the front of the vehicle making it difficult to come to a stop see or breath.

June 2022 FireInjury

When attempting to start the vehicle, I heard one click and nothing happened. Lights and gauges worked, but nothing else. Jeep was jumped and then started right up. It went two months and is now doing the same again. Within a week, it has done it 3 times. Battery replaced and starter checks out fine. Also gauges dim and then come back on within seconds. The alarm goes off whenever it feels like it. Doors sometimes will not unlock with the fob which sets the alarm off. Nav system only works when it feels like it.

Reported at 140,000 miles, July 2012

Other problems reported for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Jeep models