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Jeep Grand Cherokee 2014

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

4.62 per 1,000

4.7 times this nameplate’s own median · from 828 complaints filed in the first three years, of 2379 ever. 95% lower bound 4.31.

Against its own model years

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

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.9872
20090.2717
20100.2416
20111.57167
20122.00283
20131.71282
20144.62828
20152.05389
20160.49101
20170.53119
20180.72168
20190.3378
20200.2864
20210.99236
20220.79192
20231.83429

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 484 complaints

alternator6714%
shifter4710%
neutral367%
numbers357%
hydraulic337%
campaign numbers337%

Power Train 475 complaints

shifter8418%
rolled5111%
electronic357%
put park347%
door317%
gear shifter306%

Engine 408 complaints

chrysler6817%
cooler5012%
filter4812%
housing4511%
oil filter3910%
oil cooler328%

When it breaks

36% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 50,000 miles, from 1507 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

10 investigations covering this model year, 5 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 178 complaints about this component over roughly 23 months before an investigation opened.

Headliner Fires

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:

10507288 · 10511545 · 10512556 · 10512610 · 10514057 · 10515619

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.