Federal complaint record · Jeep Grand Cherokee · model year 2009

2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Owners submitted 138 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 34th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2007 to 2011 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Electrical · 25% · group n = 48Engine · 14% · group n = 27Powertrain · 12% · group n = 23Airbags · 6% · group n = 12Other · 6% · group n = 12
138
Complaint records on file
58,343
Median mileage at the reported problem · 112 complaints reported mileage
25%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 48
34th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Electrical · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Electrical25%

Electrical reports

Jeep Grand Cherokee · model year 2009

Reports in this group48
Share of classified reports25%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2008
0.6complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
733 matched incidents
This car
2009
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
138 matched incidents
2010
0.1complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
117 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Stalling or shutdown · 30 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 32009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Electrical faults · 17 reports

Reports describe electrical faults or battery drain

Cluster 2 of 32009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Brake performance · 12 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32009 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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