2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  Engineering Analysis EA21002 · opened Sep 17, 2021 · still open

  From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to…

• Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE19014 · opened Sep 9, 2019 · closed Feb 25, 2026

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE19014 on September 9, 2019, to investigate 128 consumer complaints alleging that the Active Head Rest (AHR) inadvertently deployed without the occurrence of a crash or other rear impact event in model year (MY) 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles.When O…

• Post 14V-391 Headliner Fires
  Recall Query RQ15003 · opened May 1, 2015 · closed Jul 6, 2016 · led to recall 15V879000

  In response to this investigation, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is conducting a recall to address headliner fires that occur post 14V-391.On December 22, 2015 FCA notified the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) of safety recall 15V-879 to remedy potential headliner fires occurring in 389,252 model year (MY) 2011-…

• Totally Integrated Power Module Failure
  Defect Petition DP14004 · opened Sep 25, 2014 · closed Jul 24, 2015

  In a letter dated August 21, 2014, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged failures associated with the Totally Integrated Power Module (TIPM) installed in Chrysler SUV?s, trucks, and vans beginning in the 2007 …

• Headliner Fires
  Engineering Analysis EA14001 · opened Jan 10, 2014 · closed Aug 12, 2014 · led to recall 14V391000

  On July 1st, 2014 Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) notified the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) that it would conduct a safety recall to remedy a wiring-related fire hazard on the headliner of approximately 661,888 model year (MY) 2011-2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles manufactured between January …

• Headliner Fires
  Preliminary Evaluation PE13027 · opened Aug 19, 2013 · closed Jan 14, 2014

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has identified 5 reports of vehicle headliners catching fire at the front of the vehicle near the sun visors on Jeep Grand Cherokees.Customers reported a range of fire conditions ranging from minor overheating to an open flame at the headliner and/or sun visor material while dr…