1996 Jeep Cherokee — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 567 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes110 (19.4%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)63 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 28, covering model years 2014–2023.
• Body & structure50 (8.8%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2014–2016.
• Electrical system45 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Engine43 (7.6%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2000–2019.
• Steering37 (6.5%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 10 classifications (1.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (25,557 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
• Safety recalls (200 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), lights and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (154 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), brakes and engine.
• Manufacturer communications (5,637 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 69reports included a mileage
• 138,975average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 666 records for 1995 666
2. 1996 511 records for 1996 511
3. 1997 492 records for 1997 492
4. 1998 495 records for 1998 495
5. 1999 449 records for 1999 449
6. 2000 433 records for 2000 433
7. 2001 283 records for 2001 283
8. 2014 3,236 records for 2014 3,236
9. 2015 2,427 records for 2015 2,427
10. 2016 1,878 records for 2016 1,878
11. 2017 1,604 records for 2017 1,604
12. 2018 910 records for 2018 910
13. 2019 2,055 records for 2019 2,055
14. 2020 683 records for 2020 683
15. 2021 418 records for 2021 418
16. 2022 223 records for 2022 223
17. 2023 98 records for 2023 98
18. 2026 93 records for 2026 93

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 57mention a crash
• 27mention a fire
• 27mention an injury
• 1mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 10
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 50
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 447

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