NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 7, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 138
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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 2005–2008, 2010 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 09V118000
- Reported
- April 9, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,314
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09E039000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2008 Grand Cherokee, 2 other models
2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 138 owner complaints about the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on October 28, 2025. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (34%), followed by the power train (17%) and the engine (16%).
1 of the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (112 complaints), the median was 56,685 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System47
- Power Train23
- Engine22
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Air Bags11
- Steering11
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 29. 17% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Jeep Grand Cherokee years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 138 complaints about the 2009 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 2009 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 28, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted