Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE vs BMW 3 Series

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE	BMW 3 Series
Complaints on file	461	1,149
Model years covered	2022–2025	1986–2013
Worst model year	2022	2007
Best model year	2024	2012
Crashes reported	20	49
Fires reported	8	32
Injuries reported	15	40
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	9.3%	10.5%

Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XE by year

254 157 46 4

22 23 24 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 104 22.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 64 13.9%

Engine & Cooling 57 12.4%

Steering 44 9.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 39 8.5%

Other & Unspecified 36 7.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 27 5.9%

Brakes 23 5.0%

BMW 3 Series by year

3 1 3 3 6 4 6 111 49 40 67 93 29 288 190 93 74 43 1 11 34

86 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 270 23.5%

Electrical System 146 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 98 8.5%

Lights 94 8.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 67 5.8%

Body & Structure 67 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 52 4.5%

Steering 49 4.3%