Jeep Grand Cherokee L Complaints

319 consumer complaints on file.

#11641407February 7, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L has has numerous electrical issues. The screens glitch while driving, auto stop start system does not work, back hatch will not close sporadically. These issues are happening to many Grand Cherokee L owners and the dealership says they are "known issues". Batteries have been replaced and issues persist. The electrical system issues are now causing the car to drive inconsistently.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641392February 7, 2025
STEERING
The contact owns a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel was difficult to turn in the intended direction. In addition, the contact stated several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle and the steering wheel independently reset. The failure reoccurred, and the contact stated that the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was scheduled for diagnostic testing the following week. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,300.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11641274February 7, 2025
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
The contact owns a 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. The contact stated that while his wife was driving approximately 70 MPH, the electronic rear liftgate door erroneously opened. During the failure, the message "Power Liftgate Temporarily Unavailable" was displayed. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 71,651.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640275February 3, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
Jeep recently pushed an update through the vehicle over the air. Since the update the forward collision disable warning light has been illuminated on the front cluster. All attempts to correct the issue have rendered useless. The update has caused the safety feature of the front collision warning (sound and/or breaking) inoperable.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11640099February 1, 2025
STEERING, ENGINE, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
December 2021 about 2 months after purchasing, traction control, power steering light would intermittently turn on as well as the radio screen would flash black. All of these were separate problems and were not ways necessarily present when another light was on but they did occasionally all happen at the same time. Periodically, not every time when the light came there was the inability to turn the wheel. The length of time the light of inability to turn the wheel would vary sometimes the light would go away after turning the vehicle off and turning it back on while other times it was days. By the time a shop is able to get it in to be looked at the lights were off and not able to be recreated. It was at the dealership for a while and was told I could bring it home. I had concerns the and voiced them that although the light isn’t on now, what if it does turn on and I can’t turn the steering wheel while driving? It couldn’t be fixed if they didn’t know what was causing it. Eventually an ‘update’ was done and supposed to have fixed the problem. The radio still flashes a black screen periodically, the lights didn’t come on as frequent and the inability to turn the wheel went away. Until recently December 2024 intermittent lights that come on but do not stay on, check engine light, electric power steering, front collision (off) and traction control. These lights have come on intermittently but do not stay on. I have had times where I was unable to turn the wheel, luckily not on the road, the vehicle has lost traction while driving in the snow over the winter and has occasionally felt like the vehicle was ‘chugging’ down the road. Now the symptoms are not present every time a light turns on sometimes it runs fine. The length of time the lights stay on vary and again by the time I can get an appt the lights are off and the lights do not always come on at the same time as another. So the issue occurring with hardly any miles and no again with about 50k mils.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11639887January 31, 2025
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jeep caught on fire in my garage in the middle of the night when it was off, burnt my entire house down, 4 fire investigaters and a forensic scientist, swaid the fire started in the battery compartment.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11639186January 28, 2025
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Sunroom seal flies off without warning. Potential danger to other vehicles on road with flying debris coming off sunroof. The seal has been replaced repeatedly, but continues to happen.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11637427January 21, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
This vehicle was purchased brand new Nov.29 2025 on Jan. 20 2025 (mileage - 1232) the vehicle was driven about 48 miles and once arrived the vehicle was placed in Park and turned off as normal. After 90 or so minutes inside came out to start vehicle and it would not start, dash lit up with multiple error messages : "Service Transmission Continue in D don't shift or turn off vehicle until you reach a desired location as you may not be able to shift again" "Service Electronic Stability Control" "Auto Park Disabled" "Vehicle not in Park" every feature on the car disabled. It would then not turn the power back off at all. Called roadside assistance and waited in 2 degree weather with my wife and child for about 2 hours to get towed to nearest Jeep dealer, all the while the power would not turn off to the Jeep. The dealer was still having an issue an hour later trying to turn off before we left. This vehicle is still with the dealer trying to diagnose the issue. This is a big safety issue that needs to be looked into as if I were driving this could have caused a serious issue especially with my children in the vehicle with me.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11637359January 21, 2025
SERVICE BRAKES
Started my car and all brake lights came on. I had no brakes, brakes wouldn’t pump. Luckily I was a few miles from a Jeep dealer, they said it needed a brake module system, $1100 to repair. I have 56,000 miles and it is not under warranty.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11636545January 17, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The forward collision warning light came on and will not go off. I have had the sensors tested for recalibration and the test showed that the sensors are working. Light is still on. MOPAR is aware of this issue as there are dozens of complaints in online forums and a STAR online publication has been published by MOPAR Case number:S2108000249
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11636121January 15, 2025
SUSPENSION, STEERING
The contact owns a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH over railroad tracks, the rear of the vehicle started swaying temporarily. Additionally, the contact stated that the failure recurred while driving over a bumpy road surface or a pothole. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the rear suspension had failed due to an impact; however, the contact informed the dealer that the vehicle had only driven over a bump on the road. The dealer verified that the VIN was included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V132000 (Suspension, Steering); which the contact related to the failure. The dealer determined that the lower control arms, the shocks, the axle shaft boots, and the sway bar end link needed to be replaced. The dealer informed the contact that the collateral damage repair could not be covered under the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact had not yet received the recall notice. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 41,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11633555January 1, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I was due for an inspection sticker and my vehicle did not pass due to it initially during and not having driven enough miles to reset the code. I had drove enough miles and was going to get it reinspected but the battery died again. I had jumped my vehicle and drove it to reset the code again however upon stop at a red light the car turned over and wouldn’t start up again. I had three of my kids in the car and can’t imagine if I was not close to home with them or on a highway when this happened. There were no warnings and the police had to call in tow due the hazardous situation. The dealership said the issue was that the radio was causing battery drainage of both batteries in my car.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11632933December 29, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
On multiple occasions while driving, vehicle gear blinked from Drive and told me place the vehicle in park. Unable to do so because I was in traffic, vehicle would no longer accelerate and completely stopped. I could not shift to Park and had to turn off the entire car. Once restarted, brake system was engaged and I could not turn it off until I restarted the vehicle again. I have had my children with me and while I haven’t been in an accident yet, it puts us in grave danger.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11631889December 20, 2024
STEERING
While driving, the power steering disengaged and made the vehicle difficult to steer. The power steering warning light illuminated in the dash and the vehicle went into safety mode. After letting the vehicle remain shut down, the error code rectified itself and the power steering warning disappeared. Vehicle was serviced by the dealership and a power steering module update was performed. The rack and pinion were inspected. The vehicle subsequently suffered the same issue. Again, after driving to vehicle to safety and shutting it off, the issue resolved itself. This is a safety issue that appears to be electronic and allows the power steering to disengage while driving,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11631019December 16, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
The dash lit up with all lights and it said SOS Power STEERING is out. I could not turn the wheel. The lights such as my miles was blinking, the seat belt was flashing along with dinging even though my seat belt was on. There has been recalls due to power steering issues but my car isn't on there. It put me and my son at risk for a terrible accident. I have taken it to a dealership. There were no warnings prior to this incident.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11630878December 16, 2024
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
This vehicle has been making a noise in the front left side since new (day one). The vehicle has been taken to the dealership about 10 times in attempt to fix this issue. During the last service, the dealership performed multiple tests and concluded that the noise source is the engine motor mounts. If they disconnect the electrical plug of the motor mounts all the noises are gone. Consequently, they proceeded to replace the left front motor mount but unfortunately the noise is still there and concluded that there is no fix available right now. They understand that Jeep needs to redesign the motor mounts and update the software the controls the engine motor mounts. I know a few owners of the same vehicle that have the same issue. Jeep knows about it but doesn't do anything to redesign these parts in order to correct the design flaw. I can provide copy of the communications with Jeep if required.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11630862December 16, 2024
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The infotainment center went to error on Jeep with less than 60,000 miles. Owned from new 2 years. The infotainment center can not be accessed and it makes modifications on its own. Like choosing different language of Italian and using euro measurements. There is no way to change this. The biggest issue is that it turned off safety feature which I believe is the forward collision warning. There is no way to change safety setting with out infotainment system. It also believed to be causing battery to drain. Jeep will not assist.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11630119December 11, 2024
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
The contact owned a 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. The contact stated that upon pulling into a parking spot and depressing the brake pedal to come to a stop, the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle rolled up the curb, went through the plate glass of a building, and stopped. There was no warning light illuminated. The air bags did not deploy. The contact exited the vehicle through the liftgate. There were no injuries sustained. The building was damaged. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The vehicle was towed to Gerber Collision & Glass(110 OR-99W, McMinnville, OR 97128), where a jeep field inspector inspected the vehicle. The manufacturer then sent a letter to the contact and informed the contact that based on the inspection, there was no evidence of brake failure and that the failure was not the manufacturer's responsibility. The vehicle was then towed and totaled by the insurance company. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V132000 (Suspension, Steering), which the contact related to the failure. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 19,210.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11628989December 5, 2024
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The car updated itself and now my front collision warning light is on, I have tried to reset everything but still on. The update caused the warning light.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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