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2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee electrical system problems

489 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
489 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
38,000 miles 301 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
11 and 29
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 38,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 116 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 42 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 43 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 40 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 31 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 38,000 miles
Based on 301 complaints that include mileage. 67% 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 miles116
20k to 40k miles42
40k to 60k miles43
60k to 80k miles40
80k to 100k miles31
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 301 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 38,000 miles, and 67% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 11 crashes, 29 fires, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

On 3/27/14, my brand new 2014 jeep grand cherokee spontaneously burst into flames and almost got in my face. After smelling and seeing smoke, I pulled over into a dirt parking lot at a business and the dashboard of my new vehicle burst into flames, after I heard a "woosh." a lady from the local business came running out of the business with a fire extinguisher and I was able to shoot it into the holes that were once the heat vents to kill the flames.

Reported at 2,000 miles, March 2014 FireInjury

Jeep randomly stalls driving on freeway and/or jerks when downshifting. Vehicle also downshifts hard from 8th to 6th gear, all other gear shifts are fine. While driving at 60 MPH vehicle stalled when accelerating to speed up. Vehicle attempted to downshift from 8th gear when stall occurred. Once vehicle was stopped it started back up without issue to destination. It has chugged 5 separate times when downshifting on freeway in the 7 weeks of owning car, this time it completely died.

Reported at 76,000 miles, March 2019

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