NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 7, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 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
- 118
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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 2005–2009 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system: ignition: module
- Campaign
- 10V200000
- Reported
- May 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10V085000
- Reported
- March 5, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,465
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 10V009000
- Reported
- January 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,045
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 09V454000
- Reported
- November 25, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,977
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 118 owner complaints about the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on September 18, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (8%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (40%), followed by the power train (19%) and the engine (18%).
2 of the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (102 complaints), the median was 67,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System47
- Power Train22
- Engine21
- Unknown Or Other14
- Air Bags11
- Service Brakes10
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 21. 22% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 23rd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2010 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 118 complaints about the 2010 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 2010 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: September 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted