2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee problems
NHTSA has received 1,754 complaints about the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and 43% of them involve electrical system. Next are engine (10%) and drivetrain & axles (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,754 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 79 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 65 and 4
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 1,195 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 114 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 77 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 141 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 244 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 179 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 168 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 125 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 77 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 36 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 25 |
| 200k+ miles | 9 |
What the data shows
Of the 1,195 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 81,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 90,000 miles (402 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 79 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 65 injuries reported; 4 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 22nd most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee with enough data (408 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
"takata recall" I was involved in a side impact auto accident, air bags never inflated and I was injured. I was driving as a motorist went thru a stop sign and push the jeep into the other lane of traffic, I was going straight on a residential street. See also odi 10875419. *dsy ..updated 12/11/17 updated 06/15/18
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that NHTSA campaign number: 14v43800 (electrical system) was received in july 2014. The dealer and the manufacturer were contacted on multiple occasions and the contact was informed that the part was not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts was available. A failure related to the recall was experienced but the specifics were not available.
The vehicle starts up great no issues, then within 5 seconds cuts it's self off. No sputtering or choking, it's not stalling, the computer is turning the vehicle off. This happens at least 1 out of 3 times starting it and sometimes if you keep starting it it will eventually stay in, but other times it leaves you stranded. There are 100s of other people reporting the same issue but jeep refuses to acknowledge there is an issue.