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Jeep air conditioning & heating problems

Across all Jeep models in NHTSA's complaint database, 262 complaints involve air conditioning & heating. The Grand Cherokee accounts for the largest share (83%). The single worst model year is the 2002 Grand Cherokee with 54 air conditioning & heating complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
262 about air conditioning & heating, all Jeep models
Most affected
Grand Cherokee 83% of these complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 179 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 39

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Jeep models

ModelComplaintsShare
Grand Cherokee21883%
Liberty135%
Wrangler104%
Laredo93%
Cherokee83%
Compass21%
Commander10%
Patriot10%

Worst model years for air conditioning & heating

  1. 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee54 complaints
  2. 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee49 complaints
  3. 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee42 complaints
  4. 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee30 complaints
  5. 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee16 complaints

Air conditioning & heating complaints by model year

Jeep air conditioning & heating complaints by model year 0 28 55 1991: 1 '91 1993: 5 1995: 2 '95 1996: 2 1997: 5 '97 1998: 6 1999: 18 '99 2000: 7 2001: 47 '01 2002: 54 2003: 33 '03 2004: 50 2005: 9 '05 2006: 2 2007: 2 '07 2008: 3 2009: 1 '09 2011: 3 2012: 1 '12 2013: 2 2014: 2 '14 2015: 4 2018: 1 '18 2019: 1 2024: 1 '24
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19911
19935
19952
19962
19975
19986
199918
20007
200147
200254
200333
200450
20059
20062
20072
20083
20091
20113
20121
20132
20142
20154
20181
20191
20241

Among the 179 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.