NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1,280
- Crashes reported
- 47
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2006 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 2005, 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 2005, 2007–2010 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 07V434000
- Reported
- September 14, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 296,550
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Grand Cherokee, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 06V295000
- Reported
- August 8, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,021
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005, 2007 Grand Cherokee, 57 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007–2009 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,280 owner complaints about the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on April 26, 2026. Of these, 47 describe a crash (4%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 41 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (59%), followed by the power train (14%) and the engine (10%).
1 of the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 6 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (825 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System753
- Power Train173
- Engine124
- Structure119
- Unknown Or Other73
- Exterior Lighting64
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 29 | |
| 2007 | 35 | |
| 2008 | 33 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 52 | |
| 2011 | 69 | |
| 2012 | 43 | |
| 2013 | 80 | |
| 2014 | 171 | |
| 2015 | 497 | |
| 2016 | 90 | |
| 2017 | 56 | |
| 2018 | 28 | |
| 2019 | 30 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 497. 9% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 17th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,280 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: April 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted