Jeep

Cherokee

Special Purpose Vehicle 2WD · model years 1987 to 2026

Includes Cherokee 2WD, Cherokee 4WD, Cherokee 4WD Active Drive II and 2 more as listed by the EPA.

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The verdict

Best year: 2023. complaints: 3, below this model's typical 57; recalls: 1, below this model's typical 5.

Worst year: 2014. complaints: 2649, about 7.7x this model's typical 344; recalls: 13, about 2.6x this model's typical 5.

Year by year

Year by year summary for the Jeep Cherokee
Year	Trims	MPG	HP	Fuel cost	Recalls	Complaints	Investigations	TSBs	Top complaints
1987	5Gas	19	no data	$3,550	no data	no data	0	no data	no data
no complaint or recall data on file for 1987
1988	5Gas	18	no data	$3,700	no data	no data	0	no data	no data
no complaint or recall data on file for 1988
1989	5Gas	18	no data	$3,700	no data	no data	0	no data	no data
no complaint or recall data on file for 1989
1990	10Gas	18	no data	$3,450	5	270	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 44%, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 17%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 9%
complaints: 270, below this model's typical 573 recalls: 5, in line with this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 13 complaints reporting a fire: 11 Score: 32 of 100, where higher is better.
1991	6Gas	17	no data	$3,650	5	233	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 55%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 6%, SERVICE BRAKES 6%
complaints: 233, below this model's typical 344 recalls: 5, in line with this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 14 complaints reporting a fire: 9 Score: 60 of 100, where higher is better.
1992	6Gas	17.5	no data	$3,550	1	113	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 26%, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 14%, POWER TRAIN 11%
complaints: 113, below this model's typical 344 recalls: 1, below this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 2 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 12 complaints reporting a fire: 6 Score: 43 of 100, where higher is better.
1993	6Gas	16.5	no data	$3,775	3	418	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 24%, STRUCTURE 20%, POWER TRAIN 9%
complaints: 418, above this model's typical 344 recalls: 3, below this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 3 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 42 complaints reporting a fire: 11 Score: 21 of 100, where higher is better.
1994	7Gas	17	no data	$3,650	5	519	0	no data	STRUCTURE 35%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 14%, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 11%
complaints: 519, above this model's typical 401 recalls: 5, in line with this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 12 Score: 15 of 100, where higher is better.
1995	8Gas	16.5	no data	$3,775	6	608	0	no data	STRUCTURE 22%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 20%, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 11%
complaints: 608, above this model's typical 458 recalls: 6, above this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 2 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 74 complaints reporting a fire: 9 Score: 11 of 100, where higher is better.
1996	6Gas	17.5	no data	$3,550	6	447	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 16%, POWER TRAIN 11%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 10%
complaints: 447, above this model's typical 344 recalls: 6, above this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 1 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 27 Score: 25 of 100, where higher is better.
1997	6Gas	16.5	no data	$3,775	4	390	0	no data	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 18%, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 13%, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER 11%
complaints: 390, above this model's typical 344 recalls: 4, below this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 1 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 7 Score: 38 of 100, where higher is better.
1998	7Gas	17	no data	$3,650	5	399	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 15%, POWER TRAIN 12%, AIR BAGS 10%
complaints: 399, in line with this model's typical 401 recalls: 5, in line with this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 1 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 31 complaints reporting a fire: 5 Score: 40 of 100, where higher is better.
1999	7Gas	17	no data	$3,650	2	366	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 20%, POWER TRAIN 11%, AIR BAGS 8%
complaints: 366, below this model's typical 401 recalls: 2, below this model's typical 5 deaths reported in NHTSA complaints: 3 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 18 Score: 31 of 100, where higher is better.
2000	7Gas	17	no data	$3,650	1	369	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 23%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 12%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 10%
complaints: 369, below this model's typical 401 recalls: 1, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 23 complaints reporting a fire: 40 Score: 60 of 100, where higher is better.
2001	4Gas	16.5	no data	$3,775	2	229	0	no data	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 17%, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 12%, POWER TRAIN 8%
complaints: 229, in line with this model's typical 229 recalls: 2, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 19 complaints reporting a fire: 13 Score: 60 of 100, where higher is better.
2014	6Gas	22.5	184	$2,775	13	2,649	3 (1 open)	384	POWER TRAIN 37%, ENGINE 13%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 11%
complaints: 2649, about 7.7x this model's typical 344 recalls: 13, about 2.6x this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 39 complaints reporting a fire: 16 NHTSA advised parking the 2014 model year outdoors over fire risk open NHTSA investigations: 1 Score: 0 of 100, where higher is better. Theft rate: 0.5 per 1,000 produced (federal data, last published for 2014).
2015	8Gas	23	184	$2,700	11	1,789	4 (1 open)	433	POWER TRAIN 38%, ENGINE 14%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 12%
complaints: 1789, about 3.9x this model's typical 458 recalls: 11, about 2.2x this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 32 complaints reporting a fire: 28 NHTSA advised parking the 2015 model year outdoors over fire risk open NHTSA investigations: 1 Score: 0 of 100, where higher is better.
2016	8Gas	23	184	$2,700	9	1,409	2 (1 open)	299	POWER TRAIN 31%, ENGINE 15%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 15%
complaints: 1409, about 3.1x this model's typical 458 recalls: 9, about 1.8x this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 15 NHTSA advised parking the 2016 model year outdoors over fire risk open NHTSA investigations: 1 Score: 0 of 100, where higher is better.
2017	8Gas	23	184	$2,700	6	1,336	1 (1 open)	183	POWER TRAIN 34%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 18%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 18%
complaints: 1336, about 2.9x this model's typical 458 recalls: 6, above this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 27 complaints reporting a fire: 6 open NHTSA investigations: 1 Score: 3 of 100, where higher is better.
2018	8Gas	23	184	$2,700	7	687	1 (1 open)	147	POWER TRAIN 30%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 19%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 17%
complaints: 687, about 1.5x this model's typical 458 recalls: 7, above this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 7 complaints reporting a fire: 5 open NHTSA investigations: 1 Score: 27 of 100, where higher is better.
2019	8Gas	23.5	270	$2,650	11	1,654	0	283	POWER TRAIN 33%, ENGINE 19%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 14%
complaints: 1654, about 3.6x this model's typical 458 recalls: 11, about 2.2x this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 37 complaints reporting a fire: 19 Score: 0 of 100, where higher is better.
2020	8Gas	23.5	270	$2,650	3	320	0	262	POWER TRAIN 44%, ENGINE 11%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 9%
complaints: 320, below this model's typical 458 recalls: 3, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 9 complaints reporting a fire: 7 Score: 65 of 100, where higher is better.
2021	8Gas	23.5	270	$2,650	4	168	0	182	POWER TRAIN 41%, ENGINE 12%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 11%
complaints: 168, below this model's typical 458 recalls: 4, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 8 complaints reporting a fire: 4 Score: 68 of 100, where higher is better.
2022	6Gas	24	270	$2,600	3	51	0	138	POWER TRAIN 37%, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 11%, ENGINE 11%
complaints: 51, below this model's typical 344 recalls: 3, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 5 Score: 82 of 100, where higher is better.
2023	1Gas	24	no data	$2,600	1	3	0	90	POWER TRAIN 50%, AIR BAGS 25%, PARKING BRAKE 25%
complaints: 3, below this model's typical 57 recalls: 1, below this model's typical 5 injuries reported in NHTSA complaints: 1 Score: 91 of 100, where higher is better.
2026	1Hybrid	37	no data	$1,800	4	7	0	no data	FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 30%, POWER TRAIN 30%, UNKNOWN OR OTHER 20%
complaints: 7, below this model's typical 57 recalls: 4, below this model's typical 5 Score: 85 of 100, where higher is better.

How the numbers moved

Combined MPG, median1987: 19 to 2026: 37

Owner complaints1990: 270 to 2026: 7

How we score each year

We compare each year of the Jeep Cherokee to the model's own typical numbers, not to other cars. A year reads solid when its recalls, owner complaints, and federal investigations sit at or below what is typical for this model, mixed when some of those numbers run above typical, and avoid when they run far above it. Deaths, reported fires, and an NHTSA advisory to park outside count against a year no matter what this model's baseline looks like.

A year is scored only when NHTSA has both complaint and recall counts for it. Complaint data often lags for the newest years, so a recent year can read not enough data even while its recall count already shows in the table. When the history is too thin, we say not enough data instead of guessing. Service bulletins are routine maintenance guidance from the manufacturer and do not lower a year's score.

Scores run 0 to 100, higher is better. Recall, complaint, and investigation figures come from NHTSA records. Fuel economy, fuel cost, and horsepower figures come from the EPA, shown as the median across the year's trims.

Information is gathered on a best-effort basis from public sources, may be incomplete or out of date, and is not purchasing or financial advice. Verify with the manufacturer or dealer before buying.