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vehicle
1998 / jeep / grand-cherokee
known issues
6 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-20)
complaints
1,558 on file (1996-12-16 → 2024-03-01)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
376 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Fuel tank recall parts and repair delaysFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE80 complaints2013-02 → 2017-04grand-cherokee-1998-fuel-tank-recall-delay
10980388 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS FOR CHRYSLER'S BUY BACK PROGRAM DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER'S REFUSAL
10621531 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED
10553515 MY NEPHEW DIED IN A FIRE AFTER HE WAS IMPACTED FROM THE REAR WHILE AVOIDING DEBRIS/PEOPLE IN THE HIGHWAY
Engine stalling without warningENGINE33 complaints2011-01 → 2024-03grand-cherokee-1998-engine-stall
11102239 VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE MOVING AT ANY SPEED. PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR FIXES THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NO ERROR CODES ARE BEING GENERATED . REPLACED O2 SENSORS AND THIS REMAINS AN ISSUE
10884054 ENGINE STALLS/CUTS OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ON CITY STREETS AND SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR ALMOST A YEAR. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM
10490898 CAR STALLS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED, FROM 70 ON THE HIGHWAY TO 5 MPH ON OUR ROAD. NO WARNING. INTERNET SEARCH INDICATED MANY JEEP OWNERS WITH SAME SAFETY ISSUE AND NO PERMANENT FIXES
Front-end death wobble at highway speedSTEERING16 complaints2011-09 → 2022-07grand-cherokee-1998-death-wobble
10871027 MY JEEP HAS THE "DEATH WOBBLE". WHEN HITTING A BUMP (BRIDGE, POTHOLE, ETC.) GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THE FRONT END STARTS TO BOUNCE AROUND AND BECOMES UNSTABLE. THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN TOWING A TRAILER
11204239 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDCHILD IN THE BACK WHEN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE! IT LITERALLY FELT LIKE THE WHEELS AND THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL WERE GOING TO ALL FALL OFF!
10461542 DEATH WOBBLE: STEERING WHEEL AND ENTIRE FRONT OF CAR SHAKES OR OSCILLATES VERY BADLY WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 25 AND 50 MPH AND HITTING A BUMP OR RUT IN THE ROAD. THIS VIOLENT SHAKING CONTINUES UNTIL THE SPEED IS REDUCED
Dash gauge and electrical system malfunctionELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING9 complaints2011-04 → 2016-12grand-cherokee-1998-electrical-gauge-failure
10622639 ALL OF MY DASH GAUGES GO OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THERE WILL BE A BEEP AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER AND ALL THE REST DO NOT REGISTER. THE CK ENGINE LIGHT WILL BE ON AND THE FUEL LIGHT. THE POWER WINDOWS WILL NOT GO DOWN, THE AC WILL NOT WORK, RADIO, AND NOW HEAD LIGHTS ARE BEING
10746163 IT STARTED WITH THE LIGHTS TURNING OFF WHEN I HIT A BUMP. THE WHOLE JEEP WOULD GO DARK. INSTRUMENT PANEL, OVERHEAD LIGHTS, DRIVING LIGHTS, ALL OF THEM! THEN AFTER PARKING THE JEEP, DAY OR NIGHT, THE ALARM SYSTEM WOULD GO OFF ALL BY ITSELF
10640634 AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL GAUGES STOP WORKING-- PRESSING HARD ON THE FACE OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER OR SMACKING THE TOP OF THE DASH RESTORES EVERYTHING
Air bag warning light and non-deploymentAIR BAGS9 complaints2011-09 → 2021-04grand-cherokee-1998-airbag-warning-light
10919288 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 198,000
10423973 TL* THE DRIVER OWNED A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED WHEN HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10721233 GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO GO TO AN APPOINTMENT, AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, I NO LONGER HAVE CRUISE CONTROL, OR THE USE OF THE HORN. I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT THERE MAY BE A FUTURE RECALL ON THE CLOCKSPRING MECHANISM THAT CONTROLS THESE ITEMS
Service brake pedal failureSERVICE BRAKES5 complaints2013-06 → 2016-08grand-cherokee-1998-brake-failure
10895469 DURING NORMAL DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN ROAD, BREAK PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ATTEMPTS MAKE TO PUMP BREAK WITH NO EFFECT. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS PULLED WITH NO EFFECT. VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO ROCK WALL AND THEN LANDED INTO A 10+ FOOT RAVINE
10759591 I THINK MY JEEP IS REMOTELY BUGGED SOMEHOW, ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND MY BRAKES WORK, ABS LIGHT GOES OUT AND MY BRAKES MAKE NOISE AND PEDAL GOES DOWN FURTHER LIKE I HAVE NO BRAKES
10664643 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE BRAKES HESITATED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/jeep/grand-cherokee
@misc{wrenchpro_1998_jeep_grand_cherokee_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/jeep/grand-cherokee}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
