NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 17, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 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
- 734
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V567000
- Reported
- September 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 292,798
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
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, 2009–2010 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 08V059000
- Reported
- February 6, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,338
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 07V415000
- Reported
- September 12, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28,755
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2007, 2009 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 734 owner complaints about the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (3%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (64%), followed by the engine (15%) and the power train (10%).
2 of the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (509 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System473
- Engine107
- Power Train77
- Air Bags40
- Engine And Engine Cooling39
- Unknown Or Other35
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 39 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 21 | |
| 2013 | 52 | |
| 2014 | 93 | |
| 2015 | 289 | |
| 2016 | 59 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 289. 15% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 19th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 734 complaints about the 2008 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 2008 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted