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Jeep Cherokee problems by year

20,345 complaints across 20 model years, 1990โ€“2021. 2014 draws the most at 3,962; 1992 the fewest at 175.

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Complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold as much as how reliable they were. A popular model year will always look worse than a rare one. Compare the dominant failure system between years rather than the raw totals.

Every model year

YearComplaintsTop reported systemCrashesFiresDeaths
1990 368 Service brakes, hydraulic (45.7%) 18 12 6
1991 297 Service brakes, hydraulic (55.2%) 14 11 0
1992 175 Service brakes, hydraulic (26.3%) 21 7 2
1993 571 Service brakes, hydraulic (26.6%) 60 17 3
1994 618 Structure (34.8%) 68 14 7
1995 732 Structure (21.0%) 110 11 2
1996 584 Service brakes, hydraulic (17.8%) 72 30 1
1997 496 Fuel system, gasoline (17.9%) 60 7 1
1998 553 Service brakes, hydraulic (16.5%) 42 5 1
1999 516 Service brakes, hydraulic (21.3%) 49 34 4
2000 508 Service brakes, hydraulic (24.2%) 32 73 0
2001 329 Service brakes, hydraulic (18.5%) 33 25 0
2014 3,962most Power train (37.0%) 96 34 0
2015 2,660 Power train (37.6%) 80 47 0
2016 2,046 Power train (30.8%) 54 23 0
2017 1,927 Power train (33.6%) 42 8 0
2018 992 Power train (29.2%) 18 8 0
2019 2,415 Power train (32.3%) 66 28 0
2020 382 Power train (41.6%) 11 6 0
2021 214 Power train (40.2%) 16 8 0