NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 28, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 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
- 762
- Crashes reported
- 48
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 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 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V046000
- Reported
- January 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 752,644
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 12V527000
- Reported
- November 8, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 744,822
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
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 2001–2002, 2004 Grand Cherokee
Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler
- Campaign
- 06V197000
- Reported
- June 7, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111,687
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Grand Cherokee
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, 2004–2007 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
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 762 owner complaints about the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on July 9, 2026. Of these, 48 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 56 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the visibility (22%) and the seats (9%).
2 of the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (488 complaints), the median was 70,605 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags256
- Visibility167
- Seats65
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic64
- Electrical System55
- Engine And Engine Cooling42
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 29 | |
| 2004 | 44 | |
| 2005 | 41 | |
| 2006 | 45 | |
| 2007 | 87 | |
| 2008 | 66 | |
| 2009 | 49 | |
| 2010 | 28 | |
| 2011 | 29 | |
| 2012 | 17 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 63 | |
| 2015 | 90 | |
| 2016 | 52 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 90. 21% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 762 complaints about the 2003 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 2003 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted