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Other brake problem on the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

7 crashes 2 injuries 9 of the 172 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.

Reports of this failure 172
With an odometer reading 61
Reports per 1,000 built 1.7 per 1,000
Filed below 36,000 miles 70%
Mention a crash, fire or injury 9
Typical repair $300–$1,800
What it means when it happens High
Rank among this year's problems 5th

When other brake problem gets reported

Owners of the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee report other brake problem at a median of 17,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 7,500 miles and a quarter after 45,000 miles, from 61 reports that carried an odometer reading.

A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 5th most-reported problem on this model year.

The mileage distribution

The reported range runs from 1,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 85,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 83,000 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.

70% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.

The whole distribution

Percentiles of the 61 odometer readings owners gave.
10th25thMedian 75th90th
1,000 miles 6,621 miles 18,000 miles 44,000 miles 84,000 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, 7 a crash and 2 an injury are 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 29 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 1996 at 150,000 miles.

By volume the 2011 carries the most reports, with 202; the 2014 has 172. 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.

Median
  1. 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 151k
  2. 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 82k
  3. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 93k
  4. 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 49k
  5. 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 30k
  6. 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 31k
  7. 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 18k
  8. 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 22k
  9. 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 17k
  10. 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 80k
  11. 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 98k
  12. 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 66k
  13. 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 59k
  14. 2009 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 50k
  15. 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 18k
  16. 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 61k
  17. 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 40k
  18. 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 18k
  19. 2014 (this one) 18k
  20. 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 15k
  21. 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 17k
  22. 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 27k
  23. 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 34k
  24. 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 46k
  25. 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 15k
  26. 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 27k
  27. 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 63k
  28. 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 38k
  29. 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem 53k
  30. 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem
    no odometer readings given
    —
  31. 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee other brake problem
    no odometer readings given
    —

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.

The better business bureau has pointed me to you all as you can see in the response below: this message is in regard to your complaint submitted on 6/17/2013 6:08:54 pm against chrysler group, llc. Your complaint was assigned id [xxx]. "although you have not expressed satisfaction in the resolution of your complaint, based on the information provided by both you and the business, the bbb has determined that we have no documented basis to require further action or response from the business. Therefore, the bbb will close this complaint and not pursue it further. For next steps, please contact the NHTSA at www.NHTSA.gov for more information." to sum up the issue, I have the autobraking functionality turned off and the vehicle will sporadically brake on its own when approaching another car/object as part of the anti-collision warning system. Chrysler give the option of turning the braking off or on, and I have it set to "off" but there is no solution as they cannot now duplicate the problem (it's sporadic). I used to be able to replicate the problem with other technology errors I was receiving and they fixed the issue initially, but…

2,000 miles NHTSA complaint 999418 filed 2013-08-05

Every indicator on my dash was on and my speedometer didn't work. Brought it into [xxx] where the problem was not fixed. It was in the shop again 2 weeks later for the same issue and also to service the ABS system. Today my check engine light is on and the car is shifting hard and hesitating, clunking as it switches gears. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

8,000 miles NHTSA complaint 1025987 filed 2013-12-09

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 jeep grand cherokee. The contact stated that the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 13v483000 (electrical system, electronic stability control, service brakes, hydraulic) however, the stability control warning light illuminated after the service. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the technician advised that the entire instrument panel would need replaced. The vehicle was not able to be repaired because the parts needed to correct the failure were not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer as not made aware of the problem. The approximate failure was 200,900.

200,900 miles NHTSA complaint 1026357 filed 2013-12-11

Also reported on the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Other body or interior problem

350 reports median 71k

Other powertrain problem

300 reports median 23k

Other electrical problem

265 reports median 22k

Other engine problem

236 reports median 51k

Seat belt or retractor failure

147 reports median 58k

Alternator or charging system failure

107 reports median 62k

How far this goes

Complaints are voluntary, so 172 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 Grand Cherokee?

Across 61 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 17,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 7,500 miles and a quarter after 45,000 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 Grand Cherokee?

172 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.7 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