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Jeep Grand Cherokee 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.98 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 72 complaints filed in the first three years, of 732 ever. 95% lower bound 0.75.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.98	72
2009	0.27	17
2010	0.24	16
2011	1.57	167
2012	2.00	283
2013	1.71	282
2014	4.62	828
2015	2.05	389
2016	0.49	101
2017	0.53	119
2018	0.72	168
2019	0.33	78
2020	0.28	64
2021	0.99	236
2022	0.79	192
2023	1.83	429

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 473 complaints

campaign electrical	248	52%
system however	165	35%
unavailable	164	34%
exceeded reasonable	157	33%
reasonable amount	157	33%
exceeded	157	33%

Engine 107 complaints

chrysler	23	22%
key	21	20%
ignition	20	19%
position	13	12%
stalled without	12	12%
electrical system	10	10%

Power Train 77 complaints

chrysler	25	32%
transfer case	13	17%
transfer	13	17%

When it breaks

14% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 75,000 miles, from 510 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is verified against a published figure.