Jeep GRAND CHEROKEE engine problems
2,658 complaint narratives mention engine terms.
Key facts
27,638 owner complaints analyzed
128 distinct recall campaigns
67,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1989 to 2026 model years. Data snapshot: . 14,443 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Engine operation evidence
2,658 of 27,638 complaints match this topic (9.6%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 8001240 · 2001-12-31 (December 31, 2001)
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER SAW SMOKE, TRIED TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE, BUT DOORS WERE FUSED SHUT. SOMEONE FROM OUTSIDE HAD DOORS OPENED. UPON CONSUMER'S EXIT. ALSO, WINDOWS BUSTED OUT FROM HEAT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
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Owner report 10011358 · 2003-03-19 (March 19, 2003)
INTERMITTENT STALLING DUE TO IGNITION COIL BURNING OUT. *AK
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Owner report 10236734 · 2008-08-02 (August 2, 2008)
A PURCHASED 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE- THE DAY I PURCHASED THIS CAR FROM A LOCAL BRISTOL AUTO DEALER (KING PHILIP MOTORS) THE CAR STALLED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS... THIS CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING A CONSTANT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR STRUGGLED TO SHIFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS. IT REVVED. THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK THAT I DISCOVERED AND IN ONE DAY ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT OF IT. UPON PARKING THE CAR IT STALLED OUT AND WHILE IDLE THE CAR WOULD REV HEAVILY AND SHAKE. DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY, (W…
Owner-reported narrative. 145,153 miles reported. Look up ODI 10236734 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10562094 · 2014-01-29 (January 29, 2014)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,539.
Owner-reported narrative. 163,539 miles reported. Look up ODI 10562094 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10967919 · 2017-03-23 (March 23, 2017)
I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE ONE DAY AND I PULLED INTO A STALL AND TRYD TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHEN IT WAS LOCKED IN GEAR I THEN PULLED THE E BRAKE PULLED THE SHIFTER BACK AND FORTH WITH PRESSURE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR AND THEN TO PARK I ASSUMED IT WAS IN PARK I RELEASEED THE E BRAKE AND RELEASED BRAKES AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD IN PARK
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