2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee transmission problems
82 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 82 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 14,000 miles 71 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 46 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 71 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 14,000 miles, and 86% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 3 fires, 5 injuries.
What owners wrote
Placed car in park with drivers door open and key in ignition (turned off). Car slipt into reverse and rolled backward. Tried to stop car from rolling and got pinned between car door and frame of garage door. Car door bent backward and was severely damaged. Garage door frame bent from weight of car. Owners lower back was injured from being pressed between car door and frame.
Vehicle transmission has always made strange clunking noises. Vehicle began to drop out of gear while driving and then finally (and currently) will completely shut off while driving. This has happened on numerous occasions and dealership says that they cannot duplicate the problem. A customer service manager did tell me that jeep is aware of the problem and this is a common problem among v8 models such as mine but that they just do not know how to fix it so they have not yet issued a recall.
Other problems reported for the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Electrical system 938 complaints
- Body & structure 413 complaints
- Engine 208 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 175 complaints
- Latches & locks 163 complaints
- Brakes 97 complaints
- Air bags 95 complaints
- Cruise control 88 complaints