Model years Jeep Grand Cherokee
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Complaints about this year name handles far more often than the other years of this generation — 7% of them, about 17× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which began in 2005 and ran to 2010. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,297 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 399 |
| Involving a crash | 47 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- door — 11% of complaints, 3× usual
- interior — 8% of complaints, 3× usual
- instrument panel — 6% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES FAILED AND COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,194.
ALL FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING. THE REAR PASSENGER HANDLE HAS COMPLETELY CRUMBLED AND WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR CAUSING CONCERN ABOUT A QUICK EXIT DURING AN EMERGENCY.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V438000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 09E012000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 13V175000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 06V295000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 09E039000 SUSPENSION
- 07V434000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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