2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 240 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Jeep Grand Cherokee — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
804 complaints
2,381 complaints
1,366 complaints
311 complaints
364 complaints
855 complaints
370 complaints
240 complaints
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373 complaints
397 complaints
249 complaints
76 complaints
0 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
Power Steering As I was making a right hand turn the red warning power steering icon flashed on the dash and I was unable to complete the right hand turn and proceeded to drift in to the oncoming traffic lane and ended up on the sidewalk facing the on coming traffic lane. The problem has not been reproduced or confirmed at this time The vehicle or component has not been inspe…
Screen constantly freezes and it's unresponsive for long periods of time, then reboots. Then the cycle repeats. Serious safety hazard as the back up camera image freezes on the screen and doesn't change, even though your moving and the image video should have changed. This has been happening since the car was bought new and dealership says they're nothing that can be done
I BLACKED OUT AND WENT OFF THE ROAD AT 40MPH AT 1 PM IN THE AFTERNOON.. CAR WENT THROUGH A WOODED AREA FOR 100 YDS. MANY SMALL TREES AND BRUSH. CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*DT*JB
I bought my 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk used from Carmax and after barely having it 7 months it is now totaled by Insurance company. The reason: driving home from work on state highway at approx. 45mph on November 24, 2021 after dark. Came over rise in road to see about 10 vehicles completely stopped in front of me about 100 yards away. I applied the brakes and nothing …
I was in a head on collision in my 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee and another driver crossed the center line. I braked at approximately 40 mph the other car was driving the same speed downhill and made impact with the front drivers side bumper. Busting the headlight, washer fluid reservoir, threw my front grille at least 5 feet in front of the truck… their car’s front end was demoli…
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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