2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee service brakes problems
20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee — 3% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“My 2008 jeep grand cheroke has caught on fire multiple times & started smoking. The rpms would always jump High and one day I went to go leave and it went real high causing it to accelerate on its own and went I went to go try to stop it my breaks failed and emergency brake would not work.”
filed Nov 20, 2024
“Vehicle has randomly shut down completely while driving. Loss of power, power steering and brakes. Very dangerous. Took to dealer and left for a week for them to test and replicate and repair. They said they were unable to. This has happened 3 times. Each time, so far, I have been able to coast to…”
filed Sep 29, 2018
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS IN A CERTAIN LOT MAY HAVE BEEN…Campaign 07V415000 · Sep 12, 2007
Service Brakes problems in other Grand Cherokee years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Grand Cherokee | 3 | 5% |
| 2024 Grand Cherokee | 17 | 7% |
| 2023 Grand Cherokee | 22 | 6% |
| 2022 Grand Cherokee | 13 | 5% |
| 2021 Grand Cherokee | 28 | 7% |
| 2020 Grand Cherokee | 12 | 5% |
| 2019 Grand Cherokee | 49 | 14% |
| 2018 Grand Cherokee | 29 | 3% |
| 2017 Grand Cherokee | 29 | 8% |
| 2016 Grand Cherokee | 22 | 7% |
| 2015 Grand Cherokee | 39 | 3% |
| 2014 Grand Cherokee | 252 | 11% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 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.