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2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 413 complaints for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 15% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
413 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 321 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 1
Injuries and deaths
12 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 35 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 56 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 81 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 62 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 35 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 21 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 13 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 9 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 321 complaints that include mileage. 30% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles35
40k to 60k miles56
60k to 80k miles81
80k to 100k miles62
100k to 120k miles35
120k to 140k miles21
140k to 160k miles13
160k to 180k miles9
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 321 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 75,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 1 fire, 12 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was sitting at a red light and a florida state trooper was behind me, also stopped. When the light turned green, the cars in front of me started to move forward so I took my foot off of the brake to ease forward, awaiting to hit the gas when the trooper hit his gas, slamming into the back of my jeep so hard that it lifted the back of my jeep up and forced the front end to hit the vehicle in front of me at the bottom of his rear bumper - pushing me forward into the car in front of me approximately 7 feet.

Reported at 126,000 miles, February 2013 CrashInjury

When backing into parking space the car took off like a rocket ship/full throttle (5.7 hemi) like it had a mind of it's own. The result was property damage (unknown amount) and car damage over $7600.00 not including car rental for 2 weeks. Chrysler sent inspector to body shop and their determination was they found nothing wrong and said the case is closed. A jeep/chrysler dealership replaced the throttle body january 31, 2014 under warranty. We know this was not driver error.

Reported at 83,700 miles, June 2014 Crash

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