JeepGrand Cherokee2001
  1. Jeep Grand Cherokee
  2. Problems
  3. 2001
  4. Cruise Control

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Cruise Control Problems

3
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 3 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 1 indicate fire

What owners report

  • cruise control · 4 records
  • continued accelerate · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • March 1, 2005 · 53,500 miles

    Cruise Control

    While driving on the highway driver engaged the cruise control at 60 mph. Vehicle continued to accelerate. Then, driver applied the brakes to disengage the cruise control, and vehicle continued to accelerate. Driver hit the off button on the cruise control and vehicle failed to disengage. Currently, vehicle was up to 80 mph and continued to accelerate. Driver put the vehicle in neutral and the rpms went up to 6,000.…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10113769

  • May 15, 2004

    Cruise Control · Vehicle Speed Control

    I have a 2001 jeep grand cherokee limited. In march of this year, while on the expressway, my cruise control caused my vehicle to accelerate and would not turn off even by hitting the break and pushing the off button numerous times. I was only able to stop the vehicle by putting the gear in nuetral and turning it off. I contacted the dealership who talked my through how to loosen a cable in the engine which…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10081168

  • May 3, 2002 · 36,344 miles

    Air Conditioner · Cruise Control · Engine And Engine Cooling

    Loosing approximately 1 gallon of antifreeze per 1000 miles. Dealer repairs number of times starting from purchase at 19,000 miles (was told to ay $268 by customer service to replace radiator when finally diagnosed at 40,000 miles to get vehicle back even though it was under warranty and vehicle is still losing same amount of coolant)/ low oil pressure was finally corrected by replacing undersized cam...didn't…

    ODI 10007476