2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L vs 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L
Two adjacent model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee L, side by side. Every figure is a raw NHTSA/EPA count — not normalized by how many were sold.
Side by side: identical recall campaigns (3 each), and 2021 Grand Cherokee L has fewer recorded owner complaints (73 vs 211). Both have 1 NHTSA investigation. Only 2022 Grand Cherokee L has NHTSA crash ratings, and neither has EPA fuel-economy data in our dataset.
| Metric | 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L | 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L |
|---|---|---|
| Recall campaigns | 3 | 3 |
| Owner complaints | 73 | 211 |
| NHTSA investigations | 1 | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | Not rated | Rated by NHTSA |
| EPA fuel economy | — | — |
Where these two actually differ
Both carry 3 recall campaigns, so recall history does not separate them. A campaign can still cover very different defects on each vehicle — read both records before treating the tie as equivalence.
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L has drawn 138 more owner complaints (211 against 73). Complaints are self-reported to NHTSA and scale with how many were sold, so treat the pattern of what owners report as more informative than the total.
Only 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee L has been crash-tested by NHTSA. The other has no published NCAP result, which is an absence of data rather than a poor one, and means the two cannot be compared on crash performance at all.
Counts are raw NHTSA and EPA totals for each model year. They are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle were sold, so a high-volume model will tend to show more of everything — a larger complaint count is not by itself evidence of a worse car. Use the per-vehicle reports for the underlying records.
How to read this
- A green check marks the lower raw count — fewer recorded issues, not a declared winner.
- Complaint totals are not normalized by vehicle population; a big-seller shows more of everything.
- Where a rating or EPA record is absent, that is missing data — not evidence of safety.