2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle speed control problems
27 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee — 4% 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
“the jeep goes into limp mode and gets stuck in 2 gear I have replaced the shifter solenoid and still happens I have read about this happing to the same jeep from 2005-2010 model and this is a safety issue that need to be recalled immediately. I was driving on the highway and the jeep shifted into…”
filed Sep 1, 2022
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Grand Cherokee years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Grand Cherokee | 8 | 11% |
| 2024 Grand Cherokee | 9 | 4% |
| 2023 Grand Cherokee | 18 | 5% |
| 2022 Grand Cherokee | 12 | 5% |
| 2021 Grand Cherokee | 17 | 4% |
| 2020 Grand Cherokee | 15 | 6% |
| 2019 Grand Cherokee | 15 | 4% |
| 2018 Grand Cherokee | 38 | 4% |
| 2017 Grand Cherokee | 21 | 6% |
| 2016 Grand Cherokee | 22 | 7% |
| 2015 Grand Cherokee | 53 | 4% |
| 2014 Grand Cherokee | 103 | 4% |
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.