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
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 35 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 56 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 81 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 62 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 35 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 21 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 9 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
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.
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.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Electrical system 938 complaints
- Engine 208 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 175 complaints
- Latches & locks 163 complaints
- Brakes 97 complaints
- Air bags 95 complaints
- Cruise control 88 complaints
- Transmission 82 complaints