Other brake problem on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee
5 crashes 5 of the 65 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other brake problem gets reported
Owners of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee report other brake problem at a median of 30,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 52,500 miles, from 35 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 15th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 900 miles at the tenth percentile to 77,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 75,860 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
57% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 940 miles | 10,522 miles | 29,000 miles | 53,609 miles | 76,800 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 5 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 12 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 12,500 miles, and latest on the 1997 at 215,000 miles.
By volume the 2019 carries the most reports, with 69; the 2014 has 65. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle does not have an electronic brake control in order to tow 4500 pounds as stated in the owners manual. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that an electronic brake control would need to be installed in order to repair vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 900. Updated 05/19/14 ma the consumer stated this was a repair issue. Normally, there is a plug available to install an after market brake controller. This vehicle is not equipped with that option. Updated 05/27/2014 *js
Was coming to a stop at an intersection. Had only driven 20-30 yards from where I was parked. Going very slowly but brake did not respond and I hit another car coming on the outside lane. No medical injuries but considerable damage to my car and more to the auto I hit. Had received a recall notice just a few days before. Have reported to chrysler and was told I would receive a call in a few days which I have never received. I feel I am being stonewalled. Also am aware there have been other incidents like this which chrysler must have known about. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep cherokee. The contact stated that while traveling at 40 MPH, the vehicle failed to properly respond to deceleration attempts and the contact crashed into a tree while trying to avoid a crash. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries. The manufacturer was notified about the failure. The failure mileage was 300.
Also reported on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Other powertrain problem
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
Parking brake failure
Complete transmission failure
Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 65 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee?
Across 35 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 52,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee?
65 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed