NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 9, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 883
- Crashes reported
- 80
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 09V117000
- Reported
- April 9, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 103,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee
Fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: injectors
- Campaign
- 02V104000
- Reported
- April 8, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,115,322
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Campaign
- 01V007000
- Reported
- January 5, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 636
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Child seat
- Campaign
- 00V366000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,211,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 15 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E011000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06E022000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee, 10 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee, 17 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E064000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee, 19 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2007 Grand Cherokee, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Grand Cherokee, 46 other models
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 883 owner complaints about the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on December 18, 2025. Of these, 80 describe a crash (9%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 51 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the visibility (28%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (22%) and the seats (15%).
1 of the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 10 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (556 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility244
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic196
- Seats131
- Power Train102
- Engine And Engine Cooling53
- Electrical System42
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 77 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 106 | |
| 2003 | 73 | |
| 2004 | 80 | |
| 2005 | 42 | |
| 2006 | 61 | |
| 2007 | 122 | |
| 2008 | 76 | |
| 2009 | 53 | |
| 2010 | 61 | |
| 2011 | 30 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 122. 38% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 10th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 883 complaints about the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Grand Cherokee by model year
Other 2001 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted