NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee Recalls
The 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 14, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 805
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
27 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 19V813000
- Reported
- November 14, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 528,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 17V572000
- Reported
- September 18, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 646,394
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 17V435000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 442,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 Grand Cherokee, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 15V879000
- Reported
- December 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 389,252
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 15V115000
- Reported
- February 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 339,525
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 14V634000
- Reported
- October 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 435,081
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014 Grand Cherokee, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 14V391000
- Reported
- July 2, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 653,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Service brakes
- Campaign
- 14V154000
- Reported
- April 1, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 646,498
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012, 2014 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 14V104000
- Reported
- March 4, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012 Grand Cherokee, 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 17E061000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012, 2014–2017 Grand Cherokee
2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 805 owner complaints about the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the newest on October 18, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (3%) and 27 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the component group named most often is the electrical system (47%), followed by the service brakes (18%) and the engine (13%).
6 of the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee's 10 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee owners gave the mileage (435 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System376
- Service Brakes141
- Engine106
- Fuel/Propulsion System105
- Unknown Or Other59
- Seats57
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 23 | |
| 2014 | 113 | |
| 2015 | 143 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 72 | |
| 2018 | 72 | |
| 2019 | 63 | |
| 2020 | 106 | |
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 25 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 20 | |
| 2025 | 16 | |
| 2026 | 14 |
Complaints about the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 143. 40% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Jeep Grand Cherokee year in the same window: 9th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 805 complaints about the 2013 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 2013 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted