Model years Jeep Grand Cherokee
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
This year drew an ordinary 138 complaints for a Jeep Grand Cherokee — the model's median is 473. What they were about is the unusual part: 23.9% of them mention tire, against 9.3% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which began in 2005 and ran to 2010. 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 | 138 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 473 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tire — 23.9% of this year's complaints, against 9.3% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: tire, valve, pressure, broke.
- checked — 10.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: checked, lit, handles, panels.
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
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILU…
I HAVE MICHILEN TIRES WHICH ARE LAODED WITH DRY ROT CRACKS. THERE IS PLENTY OF THREAD STILL LEFT ON TIRES BUT NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ROT ON THETIRES I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH FLAT TIRES. THE VALVE STEM ARE LITERALLY BREAKING OFF WHEN ADDING AIR TO MY…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 13V175000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 09E039000 SUSPENSION
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Grand 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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