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2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 27 complaints for the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
27 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
89,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 89,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 89,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 26% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep grand cherokee. While driving at 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently, went into a ditch, and crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained an injury to the left shoulder, but did not require medical attention. A police report was not filed. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system) and the part needed to remedy the vehicle was unavailable. The manufacturer was notified of the failure.

Reported at 113,000 miles, July 2015 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 jeep cherokee. She experiences unintended vehicle acceleration during brake application. Also when applying pressure to the accelerator pedal, the vehicle will hesitate then accelerate. The rpms will increase without vehicle acceleration. The vehicle was taken to the dealer , but because the technicians could not duplicate the failure, they could not provide a remedy. No repairs have been made. The failure mileage was 2000. The current mileage was 28000.

Reported at 2,000 miles, March 2009

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