1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee air bags problems
34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“My horn has not worked for many years until yesterday my husband who drives my jeep rarely was driving it and had a close call and he hit the horn and it worked? He tried to do it again and it failed to work. This is a one owner car and we have never taken it in to have it checked out. Not sure if…”
filed Aug 10, 2014
“On january 24,2014 my wife was a fatality after a 45 m.p.h. Collision with a guardrail butt, then rolling over after the initial impact. The air bags did not deploy either on initial impact or the rollover. She was wearing her seat belt. Has there ever been a recall on these vehicles pertaining to…”
filed Mar 11, 2014
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Air Bags problems in other Grand Cherokee years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Grand Cherokee | 3 | 5% |
| 2024 Grand Cherokee | 1 | 0% |
| 2023 Grand Cherokee | 10 | 3% |
| 2022 Grand Cherokee | 8 | 3% |
| 2021 Grand Cherokee | 18 | 5% |
| 2020 Grand Cherokee | 17 | 8% |
| 2019 Grand Cherokee | 18 | 5% |
| 2018 Grand Cherokee | 23 | 3% |
| 2017 Grand Cherokee | 15 | 4% |
| 2016 Grand Cherokee | 11 | 4% |
| 2015 Grand Cherokee | 102 | 8% |
| 2014 Grand Cherokee | 209 | 9% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.