Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 17 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 Jeep Cherokee, most frequently naming the visibility, brakes and electrical categories. 1 manufacturer communication is on file.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
| Month | Complaints filed | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| Feb 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| Mar 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| Apr 2008 | 14 | 17 |
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
METAL ON METAL NOISE IN FRONT END WHEN BUMPS ARE ENCOUNTERED AND SOMETIMES AROUND TURNS. VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. NO REPAIRS MADE. VEHICLE WITH DEALER 20 DAYS (3/26/08-4/14/08). *TR
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE LEAVING OUR DRIVEWAY, BRAKES AND STEERING WERE NOT FUNCTIONAL AFTER STALL. UNABLE TO RESTART, WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, SAID NO ERROR CODES WERE STORED IN COMPUTER. *TR
2/14/2007: AUTOMATIC WINDOWS MALFUNCTIONING. PASSENGER WINDOW ROLLS UP THEN HALF WAY DOWN. DRIVERS WINDOW NOT AUTOMATIC IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT APPEARS, THE DEALER HAS FINALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, ON 4/14/2008 AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. *TR
AUTOMATIC WINDOWS NOT WORKING. FRONT AIR DAM FALLING OFF. DEALER REPLACED AIR DAM. REPLACED MORE ELECTRONIC WINDOW PARTS. VEHICLE WITH DEALER 2 DAYS. *TR
RUBBER DOOR SEALS AND FRONT AIR DAM FALLING OFF. DEALER ORDERED PARTS. *TR
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR ELECTRONIC BRAKE MODULE. REAR BRAKES SEVERELY WORN AND MAKING NOISE. AFTER MUCH ARGUING WITH DEALER, THEY TOLD US BRAKES ARE NOT WARRANTED, THEY REPAIRED THE REAR BRAKES AT NO COST. VEHICLE WITH DEALER 22 DAYS (11/7/07-11/29/07). *TR
NOISE IN REAR END. DEALER REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT, U JOINTS, PINION SEAL. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ENGINE MISS PROBLEM; REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER. DEALER HAD VEHICLE 22 DAYS (11/7/07-11/29/07). *TR
REAR END 'WHINING NOISE'. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. ENGINE MISSES AT IDLE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS, "... BRING IT BACK WHEN YOU HAVE TIME." PROBLEM NOT REPAIRED. *TR
A bulletin sent by a manufacturer to its dealers. Not a recall, and repairs are not necessarily free.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
EXTERIOR LAMP - LENS FOGGING. *NJ
Manufacturers file copies of the bulletins they send to dealers with NHTSA. These often describe diagnostic or repair procedures for a known condition. They are not recalls: repairs described in a bulletin are usually only free if the vehicle is still under warranty or the manufacturer has extended coverage.
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Investigations | Issue Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 59.9 |
| 2021 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 64.9 |
| 2020 | 278 | 3 | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2019 | 1,611 | 11 | 0 | 60.1 |
| 2018 | 680 | 7 | 1 | 59.9 |
| 2017 | 1,325 | 6 | 1 | 58.7 |
| 2016 | 1,403 | 9 | 2 | 60.8 |
| 2015 | 1,780 | 11 | 4 | 61.1 |
| 2014 | 2,639 | 13 | 3 | 59.2 |
| 2006Viewing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 |
| 2001 | 229 | 8 | 1 | 60.7 |
| 2000 | 369 | 7 | 1 | 61.4 |
| 1999 | 366 | 8 | 1 | 61.0 |
| 1998 | 398 | 11 | 1 | 59.0 |
| 1997 | 390 | 10 | 2 | 63.1 |
| 1996 | 447 | 10 | 1 | 61.9 |
| 1995 | 608 | 11 | 9 | 67.7 |
| 1994 | 519 | 9 | 9 | 66.5 |
| 1993 | 418 | 7 | 15 | 66.7 |
| 1992 | 113 | 5 | 9 | 69.5 |
| 1991 | 233 | 9 | 6 | 67.7 |
| 1990 | 270 | 9 | 6 | 66.8 |
| 1989 | 191 | 6 | 3 | 66.4 |
| 1988 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 61.9 |
| 1987 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 67.9 |
| 1986 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 67.6 |
| 1985 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 65.4 |
| 1984 | 7 | 7 | 4 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1981 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 1980 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 1978 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.