MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Grand Cherokee

9,179 complaints across 12 scored model years and 78 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Grand Cherokee Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2014 vs model median 3.1×
Model median3× median
Electrical 295
Drivetrain 259
Brakes 230
Avoid

2011 · 2014

Best

2010 · 2020

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
2010
0.13× 63 B
2011
2.31× 1,129 F
2012
1.94× 1,013 F
2013
0.89× 489 C
2014
3.12× 1,596 F
2015
1.57× 682 F
2016
0.57× 235 C
2017
0.56× 272 C
2018
1.15× 547 D
2019
0.41× 217 C
2020
0.44× 190 B
2021
1.11× 587 C
2022 P
1.37× 727 D
2023 P
1.53× 831 D
2024 P
0.82× 474 C
2025 P
0.26× 127 B

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 MPG22
City / Highway19 / 26
Engine3.6L, 6 cyl
Drive4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,800

Recalls

78 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
24V436000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2021–2023 1,033,433
16V240000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) 2014, 2015 811,290
14V391000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2011–2014 653,562
14V154000 SERVICE BRAKES 2011–2014 646,498
17V572000 SERVICE BRAKES 2011–2014 646,394
19V813000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2011–2013 528,594

+ 70 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 2014 Grand Cherokee
Complaints in window
1,596
Severity-weighted
2,495
Model median (weighted)
799
vs model median
3.12×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
19
Open investigations
2
Score 3.3 F