2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee engine problems

358 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 358 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 67,000 miles 301 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 6 and 9
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 301 complaints that include mileage. 40% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	28
20k to 40k miles	35
40k to 60k miles	58
60k to 80k miles	61
80k to 100k miles	39
100k to 120k miles	36
120k to 140k miles	29
140k to 160k miles	8
160k to 180k miles	5
180k to 200k miles	2
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 301 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 9 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Car stalls without warning. Collided with tree, major front end damage. No power steering, power brakes, no air bags were deployed, seat belts did not tension. Vehicle had stalled previously and take to dealer. Dealer replaced ignition coils and said problem was fixed.

Reported at 22,000 miles, April 2016 CrashInjury

The first time my jeep stalled I was going around a turn and almost crashed into a highway barrier. I waited a couple minutes, turned my car back on, and kept driving. The second time it stalled, about 1 month later, I was turning into my driveway. It would not turn back on at this point. I brought it to the dealership and after 2 hours of diagnostics they informed me it was the tipm and would be $1,200 to fix.

Reported at 74,000 miles, October 2014

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Jeep models