MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Cherokee

7,939 complaints across 8 scored model years and 39 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Cherokee Full report
F
Grade 2014–2021
2014 vs model median 1.8×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 806
Engine 268
Electrical 177
Avoid

2014 · 2015

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2014
1.80× 2,002 F
2015
1.36× 1,504 D
2016
0.98× 1,038 C
2017
1.02× 1,188 C
2018
0.58× 622 C
2019
1.37× 1,232 D
2020
0.13× 144 A
2021
0.15× 133 A
2022 P
0.07× 72 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway21 / 29
Engine2.4L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,550

Recalls

39 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2014–2018 4,815,661
15V461000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2014, 2015 1,416,903
16V529000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2014, 2015 329,540
20V191000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020 319,610
15V041000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW 2014, 2015 230,290
15V509000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER 2014 158,684
18V523000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2019 154,335
23V338000 Park it ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK 2014–2016 132,099

+ 31 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2014 Cherokee
Complaints in window
2,002
Severity-weighted
2,986
Model median (weighted)
1,663
vs model median
1.80×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
15
Open investigations
1
Score 36.8 F