NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 2,051
- Crashes reported
- 82
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
24 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 14V438000
- Reported
- July 21, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 649,353
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Power train: transfer case (4-wheel drive)
- Campaign
- 13V175000
- Reported
- May 7, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 295,345
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V396000
- Reported
- September 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 101,925
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004, 2006–2007 Grand Cherokee, 57 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 2,051 owner complaints about the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on January 8, 2026. Of these, 82 describe a crash (4%) and 24 a fire; owners reported 74 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the structure (20%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (1,362 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System927
- Structure405
- Power Train253
- Latches/Locks/Linkages163
- Engine134
- Unknown Or Other134
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 81 | |
| 2006 | 87 | |
| 2007 | 53 | |
| 2008 | 55 | |
| 2009 | 31 | |
| 2010 | 107 | |
| 2011 | 193 | |
| 2012 | 102 | |
| 2013 | 112 | |
| 2014 | 231 | |
| 2015 | 675 | |
| 2016 | 118 | |
| 2017 | 59 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 25 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 675. 14% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 2,051 complaints about the 2005 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 2005 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: January 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted