NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Jeep Cherokee Recalls
The 2017 Jeep Cherokee has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 16, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Jeep Cherokee. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1,337
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Jeep Cherokee, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2017 Jeep Cherokee
Power train
- Campaign
- 25V011000
- Reported
- January 16, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 63,130
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 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 2016 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 2014–2016 Cherokee
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016, 2018 Cherokee, 14 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 17V543000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,242
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Cherokee
Air bags: knee bolster
- Campaign
- 16V799000
- Reported
- November 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Jeep Cherokee
2017 Jeep Cherokee complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,337 owner complaints about the 2017 Jeep Cherokee, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Jeep Cherokee, the component group named most often is the power train (49%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the engine (19%).
3 of the 2017 Jeep Cherokee's 6 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2017 Jeep Cherokee owners gave the mileage (834 complaints), the median was 40,894 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train649
- Unknown Or Other343
- Electrical System342
- Engine260
- Vehicle Speed Control60
- Service Brakes56
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 32 | |
| 2018 | 90 | |
| 2019 | 284 | |
| 2020 | 311 | |
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 75 | |
| 2023 | 95 | |
| 2024 | 84 | |
| 2025 | 170 | |
| 2026 | 71 |
Complaints about the 2017 Jeep Cherokee peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 311. 54% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Jeep Cherokee drew 2.5× the complaints of the median Jeep Cherokee year in the same window: 4th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2017 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 1,337 complaints about the 2017 Jeep Cherokee are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Cherokee by model year
Other 2017 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted