FaultScore

Worst years for a Jeep Grand Cherokee L

Owners have filed 547 complaints about the Jeep Grand Cherokee L with NHTSA across model years 2021 to 2026. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee L

71 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly other & unspecified.

Cleanest on record

2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee L

27 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Jeep Grand Cherokee L year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 27 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2025 D 71 14 0 3,000 Other & Unspecified
2024 C 66 6 0 10,750 Electrical System
2023 C 125 5 2 58,000 Suspension
2022 C 131 3 0 71,651 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 C 127 4 1 65,500 Electrical System

What breaks on a Jeep Grand Cherokee L

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2022

Electrical System 106 19.4%

Worst in 2022

Worst in 2025

Suspension 47 8.6%

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2026

Worst in 2021

Brakes 30 5.5%

Worst in 2022

Steering 29 5.3%

Worst in 2021

Seats 16 2.9%

Worst in 2021

Airbags 14 2.6%

Worst in 2024

Acceleration & Cruise Control 13 2.4%

Worst in 2024

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 11 2.0%

Worst in 2023

Lights 10 1.8%

Worst in 2024

Fuel & Propulsion 8 1.5%

Worst in 2025

Exactly what failed on a Jeep Grand Cherokee L

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Warnings 54 44.3%
Automatic Emergency Braking 43 35.2%
Blind Spot Detection 6 4.9%
Body 4 3.3%
Assist 3 2.5%
Adaptive Cruise Control 3 2.5%
Coil Springs 3 2.5%
Warning 2 1.6%
Accelerator Pedal 2 1.6%
Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System 2 1.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Jeep Grand Cherokee L, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2024 peak 47 Aug 2026

Jeep Grand Cherokee L problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Jeep Grand Cherokee L

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.