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
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 116 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 42 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 43 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 40 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 31 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
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.
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.
Other problems reported for the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Drivetrain & axles 472 complaints
- Engine 455 complaints
- Seats 341 complaints
- Brakes 270 complaints
- Air bags 211 complaints
- Seat belts 187 complaints
- Fuel system 181 complaints
- Cruise control 105 complaints