1997 Mark Iii Jeep Grand Cherokee

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Jan 3, 2012MD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND THE CONTACT RESUMED DRIVING. THE PCM WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AS A RESULT TO THE CONSTANT MALFUNCTION. THE PCM WAS ALSO REPLACED TWICE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE SIMILAR FAILURE RECURRED RECENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MOST RECENT MALFUNCTION. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE WAS SLIGHTLY DETACHED FROM THE DOOR FRAME AND WHENEVER ACCESSING THE DOOR, A NOISE WOULD EMIT. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE FAILIRE THE DOOR WAS LUBRICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND THE VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19991000Routine
1997 — this page1000Routine

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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.