MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Grand Cherokee L

442 complaints across 1 scored model years and 10 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Grand Cherokee L Full report
C
Grade 2021–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 17
Electrical 13
Steering 7
Weakest

2021

Best

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
2021
1.00× 63 C
2022 P
1.83× 130 D
2023 P
1.85× 117 F
2024 P
1.26× 66 D
2025 P
1.61× 66 C

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 MPG21
City / Highway18.5 / 25.5
Engine3.6L, 6 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,950

Recalls

10 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V328000 AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2023–2025 419,035
25V472000 SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT 2023, 2024 121,398
26V051000 SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS 2021–2023 80,620
24V944000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2024 79,365
24V872000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER 2024 7,198
25V430000 VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR 2023 1,689
24V926000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY 2024 631
25V083000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO (TOUCH)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT 2021, 2022 133

+ 2 further campaigns

Others in Midsize 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 MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
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 2021 Grand Cherokee L
Complaints in window
63
Severity-weighted
81
Model median (weighted)
81
vs model median
1.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
3
Open investigations
1
Score 64.2 C