Model years Jeep Grand Cherokee
2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee
This year drew an ordinary 358 complaints for a Jeep Grand Cherokee — the model's median is 473. What they were about is the unusual part: 26.8% of them mention abs, against 10.5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which began in 2011 and ran to 2021. 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 | 358 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 473 |
| Involving a crash | 17 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- abs — 26.8% of this year's complaints, against 10.5% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: abs, stability, module, stability control.
- brakes — 20.9% of this year's complaints, against 6% across the other years of this generation (3.5×).
- warning lights — 11.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: warning lights, traction control, diagnosed determined.
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
Brakes lights remain on when vehicle is in Park and in Drive without brake pedal activation. ABS is also engaged in Park and presents with hard pedal and no travel. I brought the vehicle to an authorized Jeep dealer in September 2014. Note- Recall Z48 software…
Electronic stability control light was on as well as check engine. Was advised by service dept at dealership as well as manufacture to the remedy was to replace the abs module until there was a proper solution to the recall and I would have to pay and submit r…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V191000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 20V699000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V183000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 22V406000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 22V426000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 23V411000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 24V838000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
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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