2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — Complaint #1089388
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH filed July 23, 2014
NHTSA complaint #1089388 (ODI reference 10615552) concerns a 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE and was filed on July 23, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 7, 2014. The vehicle had 98,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE KEY FOB IN THE OFF POSITION AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER TEN MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1089388 |
| ODI Number | 10615552 |
| Date Filed | July 23, 2014 |
| Failure Date | May 7, 2014 |
| VIN | 1J8GR48K58C |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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