2019 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE — Complaint #2140401
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS filed October 16, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2140401 (ODI reference 11693846) concerns a 2019 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE and was filed on October 16, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 30, 2024. The vehicle had 40,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights, 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 exterior lighting:brake lights 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 2019 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V838000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The contact stated that while the vehicle was turned off, the brake lights remained illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the ABS and ESC warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the VIN was under recall and go to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was then taken to another independent mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer where it was determined that parts were not available for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2140401 |
| ODI Number | 11693846 |
| Date Filed | October 16, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 30, 2024 |
| VIN | 1C4RJFAG6KC |
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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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