1992 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system › manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe2
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Jan 9, 2003CT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ALSO STATED THAT DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN AND THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL AND YEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALLS. *NLM

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Dec 20, 2002CT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MANIFOLD INTAKE BEEN BROKEN. ALSO STATED THAT DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL OF VEHICLE AND ALSO SAID THAT WILL ONLY CHARGING THE CONSUMER FOR IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALLS OR WARRANTY FOR THE VEHICLE. TS

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jul 6, 2001NC

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY WHEN MOTOR STARTED TO ACCELERATE. THEN, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND WENT INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE JUMPED A FENSE, AND HIT A WALL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2014
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
202618600Routine
202574400Routine
20242411601Fatalities reported
20233842131Fatalities reported
20222591310Above average
20214031280Above average
2020237350Above average
2019367740Above average
201885311100Above average
2017364630Above average
2016308970Above average
20151,35610210High concern
20142,37519400High concern
201380210271Fatalities reported
20121,641111040High concern
20111,6396612Fatalities reported
2010117540Routine
2009138300Routine
2008733550Above average
20071,1087110Above average
20061,280672Fatalities reported
20052,0515240High concern
20041,29414253Fatalities reported
200376210141Fatalities reported
20021,47616204Fatalities reported
200188310151Fatalities reported
20001,44712182Fatalities reported
19991,63810151Fatalities reported
19981,02810137Fatalities reported
199799111175Fatalities reported
199689312226Fatalities reported
199571911294Fatalities reported
19945888332Fatalities reported
199355512351Fatalities reported
1992 — this page3000Routine
19916010Routine
19905010Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.