2022 Jeep Cherokee
This year drew an ordinary 48 complaints for a Jeep Cherokee — the model's median is 1,325. What they were about is the unusual part: 18.8% of them mention myself, against 6.9% across the model's other years.
Generation 1 of the Jeep Cherokee, which began in 2014. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 48 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 1,325 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 24 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- myself — 18.8% of this year's complaints, against 6.9% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: myself, heavy, lost power, intersection.
- don — 16.7% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: don, weather, couldn.
- another — 14.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.7% across the model's other years (2.6×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
During an accident the driver side airbags did not deploy. The vehicle was rammed on the rear passenger wheel area. The impact was significant enough to have the curtain airbags on the passenger side go off, but the only person in the vehicle was myself, the d…
My 4WD light came on my dashboard. I took my Jeep to the dealer and they said the PTU was blocked and has an internal mechanical failure. According to websites, this can cause the power train to stop, cause an accident or injury. I don't feel safe driving this…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V239000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V516000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V290000 POWER TRAIN
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Cherokee was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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