NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Jeep Cherokee Recalls
The 2016 Jeep Cherokee has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Jeep Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 1,412
- Crashes reported
- 37
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Jeep Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2016 Jeep Cherokee
Electrical system: wiring: rear compartment/trunk
- Campaign
- 23V338000
- Reported
- May 11, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 132,099
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Cherokee
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 23V302000
- Reported
- April 27, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,980
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Cherokee
Power train: driveline: differential unit
- Campaign
- 20V343000
- Reported
- June 11, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,248
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Cherokee
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Cherokee, 14 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Cherokee, 18 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 16V590000
- Reported
- August 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,827
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Cherokee
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 16V284000
- Reported
- May 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,029
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Jeep Cherokee
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 16V287000
- Reported
- May 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 52
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Jeep Cherokee
Electrical system: wiring: rear compartment/trunk
- Campaign
- 15V826000
- Reported
- December 9, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,784
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Cherokee
2016 Jeep Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,412 owner complaints about the 2016 Jeep Cherokee, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 37 describe a crash (3%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Jeep Cherokee, the component group named most often is the power train (45%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (21%).
4 of the 2016 Jeep Cherokee's 9 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2016 Jeep Cherokee owners gave the mileage (874 complaints), the median was 43,650 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train635
- Engine314
- Unknown Or Other313
- Electrical System298
- Service Brakes92
- Vehicle Speed Control76
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 61 | |
| 2017 | 95 | |
| 2018 | 145 | |
| 2019 | 271 | |
| 2020 | 202 | |
| 2021 | 106 | |
| 2022 | 94 | |
| 2023 | 149 | |
| 2024 | 120 | |
| 2025 | 108 | |
| 2026 | 56 |
Complaints about the 2016 Jeep Cherokee peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 271. 41% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Jeep Cherokee drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Jeep Cherokee year in the same window: 5th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the Jeep Cherokee years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,412 complaints about the 2016 Jeep Cherokee are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Cherokee by model year
Other 2016 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted